Cookie Dough Stuffed Brownies
A cookie dough layer that stays soft and ‘dough’ like is baked into the center of the very best, thick fudgy brownies.
- Prep time
- 30 min
- Cook time
- 45 min
- Yield
- 16 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 113g or 1/2 cup unsalted butter (at room temperature )
- 105g or 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 80g or 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips (80g)
- 1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk (75g)
- 180g or 3/4 cups unsalted butter
- 300g or 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 75g or 3/4 cup dutch process cocoa
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 3 large eggs
- 1/4 cup plus 3 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 150 g dark chocolate, OPTIONAL (55-70% cocoa solids, chopped or ground in a food processor )
Instructions
- 1
To make the cookie dough layer:
- 2
Line a 9×9” or 8×8″ metal pan with parchment overhang on all sides (so crossed over each other). Beat together the butter, sugar, vanilla and salt until light and fluffy. Add the flour and sweetened condensed milk and beat to combine. Fold in the chocolate chips. Plop the dough onto the prepared pan and spread it around to make one flat layer. Freeze the layer for a few hours, or overnight.
- 3
To make the brownie batter:
- 4
Preheat the oven to 340 F. Over a bain marie (a heatproof bowl over simmering water, where the water does not touch the bottom of the bowl) add the butter. Once it has melted add the sugar and cocoa. Stir it until the temperature reaches 140 F. Remove from heat and add the salt and vanilla and whisk. Once no longer too hot to touch, add the eggs and whisk the batter for a few minutes until you have a very shiny, smooth batter. Fold in the flour and the chocolate.
- 5
To make the cookie dough brownies:
- 6
Using the parchment overhang, remove the frozen cookie dough layer. Return the parchment to the pan and pour in ⅔ of the batter. Set the frozen square over the batter and spread the remaining ⅓ brownie batter over it. Bake until the middle has slightly puffed to show doneness, about 45 minutes.