Chocolate Chip Cookie Brownies

I’m always talking about my huge sweet tooth, so it comes as a shock to people when I admit that I am not a regular dessert eater.

Don’t get me wrong, I eat dessert sometimes, and when I do I make sure it’s worth it. 

If I had to choose between a  fruity sorbet and a double fudge cake, I would almost always go for the cake.   

Remember a few weeks ago when my Track buddy brought in cookie-topped brownies for Valentine’s Day?  Well, I finally found time to make remake them and I think they’re even better than the originals. 

Adapted from AllRecipes.com and VegFamily

“This vegan dessert is decadent, gooey, and delicious.  It’s a slice of chocolate bliss.”

Ingredients:

Brownies:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 ½ cups organic sugar
• ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup water
• ½ cup canola oil
• ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Cookies:

• ½ cup organic brown sugar, packed
• ¼ cup organic granulated sugar
• 2/3 cup canola oil
• ¼ cup nondairy milk or water
• 1 tablespoon corn starch
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup vegan dark chocolate chips

Directions:

Brownies:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. In a large bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt. Pour in water, vegetable oil and vanilla; mix until well blended. Spread evenly in a 9×13 inch baking pan.
3. Bake for 25 minutes in the preheated oven.

Cookies:

1. Combine sugars, oil, nondairy milk, and tapioca flour in a mixing bowl. Use a strong fork and mix really well, about 2 minutes, until it looks like smooth caramel. There’s a chemical reaction when sugar and oil collides, so blend well. Mix in vanilla.
2.  Add 1 cup flour, the baking soda, and the salt. Mix well. Mix in rest of flour. Fold in chocolate chips. The dough will be a little stiff.  Flatten into sheets and place on top of the half-cooked brownie. 
3. Bake for 10-15 more minutes.  Let cool for 30 minutes, cut into squares and serve.

Yield:  Approximately 15 servings

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This brownies are freaking amazing, if I do say so myself.

Philip and I both ate two…for a snack.  They’re that good.  Can you say sugar coma?

I know the recipe seems like a lot of work, but it’s worth it.  This is the richest brownie I’ve ever tasted! 

Mmmmmmm…

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Questions of the Day:

1. Do you eat dessert on a regular basis?
2. Are you a self-proclaimed chocoholic?

Have a wonderful (and chocolate-filled)week ahead! 

Seven Things Sunday

Does that post title sound familar?

I’m sure many of you have heard of the blog Peanut Butter and Jenny.  If you haven’t, then I give you full permission to click the link and spend a few hours minutes browsing through her wonderful blog. 

Okay, are you back?  A few weeks ago Jenny decided to start an installment on her blog called Seven Things Sunday, where she talks about 7 things from the past week.  So far, she’s done about 3 of them and I’ve loved all of them, I actually stalk her blog all Sunday to make sure I don’t miss one.  They are just some really awesome posts.

Today when I woke up, I felt the urge to blog but had no idea what to blog about.  Figuring that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, I decided to be a copy-cat and do my own little version of Seven Things Sunday.

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1.  Favorite meal of the week:  My Mom’s homemade gumbo based on this recipe.

2.  Song:  “Club Can’t Handle Me” by Flo Rida (featuring David Guetta)

3.  Workout:  Walks with Fluffy!  She’s been loving the walks lately and we usually do about 2 miles, by the time we finish she’s pooped!

4.  Quote:  “Those who do not find time for exercise will have to find time for illness.” – Earl of Derby

(My Sensei has a poster with that quote and I felt like I was staring at it all day yesterday.)

5.  Purchase:  All-Natural Peach-Mango FRS Energy Drink

6.  Laugh:  You really had to be there to fully get the humor in this joke, but let’s see how well I can re-tell it.  My friend, Katie’s best guy friend, became homeschooled a few weeks ago.  It was also around the same time that she told Kelly and I that she liked him, so we made a joke and said that he became homeschooled because of that.  She laughed and then we started talking about something else.  A few weeks later, on the way home from Cotillion, Katie pointed out that the guy lives a few streets away from her.  Kelly and I cracked another joke and said “Uh oh, now he’s going to move!”  Again, we laughed and continued talking about something else.  Finally, 2 days ago Katie came to school and informed us that he actually did move! We were dying of laughter for 10 minutes straight.  We’re so lucky Katie has a sense of humor!

7.  Natural Occurence:  The 15 inches of snow is almost all melted!

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Well, that’s it.  I hope you enjoyed! 

Now I have to take some pictures of the Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookie Brownies I made earlier.  They are so decadent! 

Here’s a sneak peek:

Mmmm.

Questions of the Day:

1. Did you laugh this week?  What did you laugh about?
2. When it comes time do choose desserts, do you “go big or go home” or try to stay on the lighter side?  Go big or go home!  I don’t have dessert that often, so when I do I make it worth it!

Have a great Sunday!