Cheater's Brookie

Ever heard of a brownie cookie or "brookie"? The boys were introduced to them via Oreo's Brookie-O and so William wanted some REAL brookies for his birthday. I did the SUPER cheater's way out and used prepackaged cookie dough and a boxed brownie mix, but everyone was really happy with out it turned out. So, go me!

Cheater's Brookies

Ingredients:

• Brownie Mix and other ingredients needed on the package to prepare the brownies
• Pre-packaged cookie dough (I used one tube of Pillbury chocolate chip)
• 1 package cookies (we used Chewy Chips Ahoy Reese's Peanut Butter Cup)

Directions:

1. Spray a 9x13 with non-stick spray. 
2. Press cookie dough evenly in the bottom of the pan. 
3. Layer with one package of cookies of your choice. 
4. Prepare brownie batter according to package direction and evenly pour over the cookies and cookie dough in the pan. 
5. Bake for 20-15 minutes or until the cookie dough is browned (if using a glass pan, you can check the bottom) and a knife comes out clean when you poke the brownie mixture.

Marsha's Notes:

Do not try to make the cookie part thicker with two rolls of cookie dough. When we tired that, it took so much longer for the brownie part/middle to cook that the bottom of the cookies burned.

We used the CHEWY Chips Ahoy because they are a softer cookie which would make slicing the brookies easier. I am not sure what it would be like if you used a harder cookie. I would also be interested in trying this recipe with sugar cookie dough instead of chocolate chip. This recipe worked well with a Betty Crocker brownie mix.

Cookies over cookie dough