Food for Two

Salima and David:

The way I see it, sitting around a table over well prepared food is what makes strangers into friends and friends into family. So, many wishes for plentiful encounters with strangers, long drawn out dinners, a warm house, and endless adventures in the kitchen and elsewhere.

-khatidja.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Cookie Topped Brownies




*Heard these have been a hit before. Enjoy.

Ingredients:

For the Brownies:
90 grams bitter sweet chocolate
45 grams unsweetened chocolate
1 stick butter
0.8 cups sugar
2 large eggs
0.25 tsp salt
0.25 tsp vanilla
0.5 cup flour
0.66 cup chopped walnuts

For the Cookie Topping:
0.6 cups flour
0.25 tsp baking soda
0.25 tsp salt
0.75 stick butter
0.5 cup brown sugar
0.33 cup sugar
1 large egg
0.5 tsp vanilla
0.5 cup milk chocolate chips

Make the Brownies:
Preheat the oven at 350C. Chop the two types of chocolate and butter into small chunks and heat in a metal bowl over a saucepan of simmering water. Stir until smooth.

In a mixer mix the sugar and eggs until smooth. Add in the vanilla and salt. On a low speed, add in the melted chocolate until integrated. Add in flour and mix gently until incorporated. Fold in walnuts. Pour into small greased baking pan (8x8).

Wilde Oscar says: If you place the brownies in the fridge while you make the cookie dough, you'll be able to ensure the two layers stay separate better.

Prepare cookie dough:
In a bowl, mix the flour, salt and baking powder together.
In the food processor, beat the butter and sugar together until creamy. Add in the egg. Mix and add in the vanilla. Add in the dry ingredients until batter is smooth. Add in chocolate chips.

Remove brownie mix from the fridge and spoon on the chocolate chip mix. Use a spatula to carefully spread the cookie dough smoothly over the whole pan, but be careful not to let the cookie dough mix into the brownie mix. It should sit on top.

Place in oven for ~30-40 mins. To check if cooked, stick with knife- when it comes out clean, you're done. Cut into squares, grab some milk and loosen your belt.

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