Brown Butter Brookies
Equipment
Ingredients
Brown Butter Cookie Dough
brown sugar
200 g
white sugar
100 g
unsalted butter (browned)
225 g
large eggs (room temperature)
2 piece
vanilla bean paste
10 ml
all-purpose flour
250 g
baking soda
3.5 g
baking powder
1.2 g
salt
1.5 g
semi-sweet chocolate chips
340 g
Brownie Batter
salted butter (melted)
113 g
olive oil
30 ml
large eggs
2 piece
all-purpose flour
94 g
brown sugar
100 g
white sugar
50 g
vanilla extract
5 ml
chocolate chips (melted)
170 g
cocoa powder
25 g
Topping
semi-sweet chocolate chunks
85 g
Instructions
Brown the butter for cookie dough
Cook butter in a saucepan until it turns golden brown and develops a nutty aroma.
Prepare cookie dough base
Whisk browned butter with sugars until glossy, then add eggs and vanilla bean paste.
Add dry ingredients to cookie dough
Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into wet mixture until just combined.
Fold chocolate into cookie dough
Gently fold semi-sweet chocolate chips into the cookie dough mixture.
Chill cookie dough
Cover and refrigerate cookie dough for at least 1 hour to develop flavors.
Preheat oven
Preheat oven to 175°C and line 8x8 inch pan with parchment paper.
Melt butter and chocolate for brownie
Melt salted butter with chocolate chips in a heatproof bowl.
Mix brownie wet ingredients
Whisk olive oil and cocoa powder into melted chocolate mixture.
Mix brownie dry ingredients separately
In another bowl, whisk together sugars, eggs, and vanilla extract.
Combine brownie mixtures
Combine chocolate and sugar mixtures, then fold in flour until just mixed.
Add first brownie layer
Pour half the brownie batter into prepared pan and spread evenly.
Add cookie dough pieces
Drop chunks of chilled cookie dough across the brownie surface without covering completely.
Add remaining brownie batter
Pour remaining brownie batter over cookie dough layer.
Add final cookie dough and chocolate
Press more cookie dough pieces lightly on top, then finish with chocolate chunks.
Bake the brookies
Bake for 30-40 minutes until edges are set and center remains slightly soft.
Original recipe
Storage
Store in airtight container. Can be frozen individually wrapped for up to a month.
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