Another figure-friendly entry this week, featuring only three-and-a-half sticks of butter!
This week, Beth of Supplicious decided on Chipster-Topped Brownies on pages 94 and 95 from Baking: From My Home to Yours. In theory, I should have really liked these, and they were good, but my two layers blended together giving me sort of a chocolate chip cookie bar. I had a chance to use my Bakers Edge pan, a gift from my in-laws, and I did love the chewy edges that it produced. In sum, it is not what I had hoped for, but I’m not complaining about chocolate chip cookie bars, if you get my drift. Ah, the trials and tribulations of baking! (Update: my husband LOVED these, and has asked me to put them on the repeat list. They are better after a day or two in the refrigerator.)
Let me back up a minute. This recipe consists of two components: a brownie layer topped by a chocolate chip cookie dough layer. I mean, really, what’s not to like? After reading the experiences of others, I knew I was going to want more chocolate chip cookie, so I made the full batch of that, and halved the brownie layer. I didn’t mess around with the one egg/one yolk thing for the cookies – just used two eggs. I also added a bit of espresso powder, 1/2 tsp., to ratchet up the chocolate flavor of the brownies.
They were perfectly baked in 50 minutes – the top was golden, not burned, and the brownie layer was not overdone. And even though the picture shows two distinct layers, the two components blended together, and I really can’t taste the brownie at all. Other bakes had better luck by baking the brownie layer for about 10 minutes, then adding the cookie layer. One problem I did NOT have was an underdone brownie layer, and I suspect that the pan I used, plus halving the batter amount, had something to do with that.
If you want to givel these a try, I recommend giving the brownie layer a head start in the oven before adding the cookie layer. Be sure to check out the TWD blogroll to see how others faired!
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Your brownie version looks delicious! I think I’d like more cookie vs brownie too. That’s an interesting looking pan…
I so want to get that pan. I need someone to get as a gift for me too. I can’t justify spending the $ for it.
For some reason I didn’t notice the 3 1/2 sticks of butter. I think because I was looking at it as two separate recipes.
Your brownies look wonderful.
Such a cool pan! I have seen them in ads but never used one before.
Someday I’ll find the room for *another* pan and get that one – I love the chewy edges 🙂 Sorry you weren’t a huge fan, but they look pretty tasty!
This looks so great! I think your pan definitely helped ensure your success, but I also like your decision to double up on the cookie topping.
Yeah, I thought I needed to do at least 10 miles a day to negate the amount of these brownies I ate! Love the pan, but I’m sorry that these weren’t a hit for you.
Your first line…bwahahahahahah…giggle…snort!
At least yours cooked all the way through….I had goo.
Ooooh you’ve got the brownie end pan! How is it? But wait, do you mean that 3 1/2 sticks of butter is NOT good for your waistline?! Hahaha!
I love the idea of a brownie topped by a chocolate chip cookie layer – how yummy!
The brownies look great, even though they weren’t what you’d hoped. I think I find a new pan I want every single week when I check out the other TWD bakers’ desserts; this week it is definitely the brownie edge pan.
I had wondered how using that pan (don’t have one) would work to solve the underbaked problem. Looks great. That is strange though that the two layers blended so much. Looks good!
lucky you to have them come out so well. I only made 1/2 a recipe and think i baked it FOREVER!!! But they were awfully tasty.
Love your pan!
What a neat pan! Sorry you have trouble with the recipe – I definitely had the blended layers too. They were still pretty tasty though.
hey…I’ve actually seen that pan in the store before and almost bought one! Specialty brownie tools are hot now! Looks like a nifty pan. You can’t go wrong if there’s chocolate in it, in my opinion! Yum!
An edge pan! I’ve never seen one. It’s the perfect brownie pan. Well done.