The Perfect Combo Cookie Bar
These fun, swirled brookies combine the best of both worlds. A hybrid of my chocolate chip cookie bars and fudgy homemade brownies, they’re peppered with plenty of chocolate chips and guaranteed to satisfy any sweet tooth.
While you are going to dirty a few mixing bowls because you have to prepare the cookie batter and brownie batter separately, it’s really easy work with no mixer needed, no chilling required, and only one baking dish.
Let’s get started!
Ingredients (an Overview)
There’s a fair bit of ingredient overlap between the two recipes, so it’s helpful to go over the full ingredient list before you begin measuring things out, that way you can get your ingredients ready for both batters at the same time.
Butter. It’ll be little surprise to you that both batters for the brookies need butter (say that 5 times fast). I like to use unsalted butter to best control the flavor, but if you only happen to have salted on hand you can reduce the amount of salt called for in the recipe (I’d reduce the salt to ¼ teaspoon in each batter).Eggs. Another ingredient overlap, you’ll need eggs and egg yolks for both batters. I recommend room temperature eggs in order to help the batters come together nicely. If you forgot to set out your eggs in advance, I have a post on how to quickly bring eggs to room temperature that would be helpful.Chocolate chips. The cookie bars batter demands classic semisweet chips, of course, but I like to add some mini chips to the brownie batter as well. Can’t have too much chocolate!
SAM’S TIP: If you’re out of brown sugar but do happen to have some molasses on hand, see my post on how to easily make brown sugar at home! This is just an overview of some of the ingredients I used and why. For the full recipe please scroll down to the bottom of the post!
How to Make Brookies
Prepare the batters. Each batter must be prepared separately in its own bowl before you can combine them. Don’t worry, they’re both simple recipes and you don’t even need an electric mixer.Combine. Alternate dolloping the different batters over the baking dish. A pair of spoons or a cookie scoop or ice cream scoop with a lever would be great for this.Swirl. Use a knife to swirl the batters gently together. While you’re doing this, try to make sure the batter is in an even layer, that way it bakes evenly. Bake & enjoy. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let the brownies cool completely before cutting into them, or, if you don’t mind things a bit messy, dig right in and serve with vanilla ice cream!
SAM’S TIP: Don’t over-bake your brookies or they’ll be dry and crumbly instead of moist and fudgy! Always check at the 35 minute mark and note that if you choose a dark metal pan for baking, yours will likely be done closer to this timepoint than 40 minutes. If you’re looking for more fun cookie/brownie bar recipes, try my dirty brownies or cosmic brownies! Enjoy! Let’s bake together! I’ll be walking you through all the steps in my written recipe and video below! If you try this recipe, be sure to tag me on Instagram, and you can also find me on YouTube and Facebook
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