I had two nearly full packages of oreos, so I used up nearly one to make crust for a chocolate chip cookie dough cheesecake and part of the other in an oreo type filling to put on top of some brownies.
I used a brownie mix (but used butter instead of oil and heavy cream instead of water. Just use the same amount as indicated on brownie box).
Ingredients
1 batch of brownies, prepared, baked and cooled in an 8×8 pan.
1/4 cup crisco
2 tbs sugar
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 tbs water
6 to 10 finely crushed oreos
Topping directions – cream sugar, powdered sugar and crisco. Blend in vanilla and water. Mix in crushed oreos. Frost cooled brownies. Top with melted chocolate chips. Store in covered container.
Happy Tuesday! I wasn’t planning on baking for today for the Bills wildcard win over the Steelers, but Rob thought I should. 😉 so last night, around 9:15 pm, I made blackout brownies. These use black cocoa (which I got on Amazon). You probably could use regular unsweetened baking cocoa too.
Remember to scoop your flour and cocoa from your container into your measuring cup so you get the correct amount. Also preheat the oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before baking so it cycles to the right temp.
I actually frosted these warm and they turned out just fine.
Ingredients list
1 cup butter, melted
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup corn syrup (or honey)
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup flour
2/3 cup black cocoa
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tso salt
1 cup chocolate chips
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9×13 pan with parchment paper and spray with baking spray. In a bowl, combine butter, sugar, brown sugar and corn syrup. Add eggs, one at a time, and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients. Fold in chips. Evenly spread into prepared pan. Bake 25 to 30 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs. Cool completely.
Frosting ingredients list
3 tbs butter, melted
3 tbs black cocoa
1 tbs corn syrup
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 to 3 tbs milk
Directions – in a bowl, Combine butter and cocoa. Add corn syrup, powdered sugar and vanilla. Blend in enough milk to get consistency you want. Frost brownies. Store in covered container.
An oreo layer on the left, nutter butter on the right
I could not decide between making brownies or chocolate chip cookies, so I combined them and put a layer of oreos in between them and baked them up. I thought of putting melted chocolate on top, but decided that would be too much. 😀
Remember to preheat your oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before baking. Also, scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. Do the same drill with your baking cocoa.
Brownie ingredients
2 1/2 cups sugar
2/3 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup milk
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
1 cup baking cocoa
Oreos
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9×13 baking pan with parchment paper and spray with baking spray. In a bowl, combine sugar, oil, and milk. Beat in eggs and vanilla. fold in dry ingredients. The mixture will be thick. Spread into bottom of prepared pan. Layer with oreos. Set aside
Chocolate chip layer
1/2 cup butter softened
1/4 cup butter flavor crisco
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 egg yolk
1 tsp vanilla
1 3/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 cup chocolate chips
Directions – in a bowl, combine butter, crisco, sugar, and brown sugar. Add egg, yolk, and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients. Mix in chips. I grabbed handfuls of dough and flattened them like a pancake and placed them on top of oreo layer.
Bake in 350 degrees in a preheated oven for 15 minutes. Cover with tin foil to keep edges from getting too brown. Bake another 20 to 25 minutes (or possibly longer). Try not to let the edges get too brown. I would rather underbake than overbake. If you feel it is underbaked after you cut brownies up, you can chill them overnight in the fridge. That helps firm them up.
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In honor of NHL opening night tomorrow (Tuesday), I made flourless brownie “pucks” covered in melted chocolate. I baked flourless brownies in a 9×13 pan. Let them cool, used the top of a glass to cut out pucks, then used scraps of the remaining dough to form mini pucks and topped them with melted chocolate. Happy hockey!
Remember to preheat your oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before baking so it cycles to the right temp.
Ingredients list
10 tbs butter
2 cups dark chocolate chips
1 1/2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
4 tbs baking cocoa
6 tbs cornstarch
Directions- line a 9×13 baking pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray. Preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before baking. In a microwave safe bowl, combine chips and butter and microwave in 45 second increments until you can stir smooth. Add sugar. Mix in eggs, one at a time. Stir in vanilla. Fold in cocoa and cornstarch. Spread evenly into pan. Bake 20 to 25 minutes – toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs. Cool completely. Spray the rim of a round glass with Pam and cut out pucks.
Top with melted chocolate. Let set. Store in covered container.
These brownies are a creation of my hubby, who discovered “junk bars” at a local cafe. They seemed to be a layer of brownies, topped with magic cookie bars, oreos, marshmallows and then another layer of brownies. So I went to work and tried to make the same thing.
These are very thick. They took 45 to 50 minutes to bake.
A reminder to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. Also preheat your oven for 20 minutes before baking so it cycles to the right temp.
Brownies ingredients
1 cup butter, melted
1 cup baking cocoa
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/4 cups flour
Directions – line a 9×13 pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray. in a bowl, combine melted butter, baking cocoa and sugar. Mix in eggs, one at a time, then vanilla. Blend in flour and salt. Spread half of mixture evenly in bottom of prepared pan.
Magic cookie bar layer
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs
3/4 cup coconut
1 cup chocolate chips
Pieces of oreos
Marshmallows
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. cream butter, sugar and brown sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients. Add graham cracker crumbs. Blend in chips and coconut. Spread evenly over brownie dough.
Top with pieces of marshmallows and oreos.
Then drop blobs of remaining brownie batter on top.
Bake at 350 degrees for 45 to 50 minutes (toothpick inserted in center comes out with moist crumbs) cool and top with melted chocolate.
Store in covered container.
Thanks for stopping by! These bars could also be called “congrats to all the NFL teams who won the Super Bowl, by winning in week one.. and to those who lost your season is over brownies” 😉
These were made in obscene humidity, and frosted while they were still warm. I also doubled the following recipe. I do not recommend doing any of those 3 things if you bake them…
I almost did not bring these in bc i felt they were not presentable. However. they are a big hit at work today.
Brownies
1/2 cup butter
1 bag of white chocolate chip (10 oz)
3/4 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/4 cups flour (scooped from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the correct amount)
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup milk chocolate chips
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Line a 9×13 pan with parchment paper and spray with baking spray. In a microwave safe bowl, melt white chocolate chips and butter in 45 second increments until you can stir mixture melted. Blend in sugar and vanilla. Mix in eggs one at a time. Fold in flour and salt. Stir in milk chocolate chips. Evenly spread into prepared pan. Bake 15 to 23 minutes until a toothpick is inserted in center basically comes put clean (you will see golden patches on top). Cool completely.
Frosting ingredients
4 tbs butter, softened
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 tbs hot water
Blend together. You can add more water or powdered sugar to get the consistency you want. Frost brownies. Store in covered container.
A little story about these brownies. Rob decided to go to a local bakery (!) And buy a treat. He got this smores brownie thing that he said was not good. So he asked if I could make him some. These are pretty easy. I made homemade brownies, but you can certainly use a boxed mix for your brownies base.
These were hard to cut the way i made them. (Baked the brownies, immediately sprinkled with chocolate chips, graham cracker pieces, and cut up marshmallows). I think next time, I would cut the cooled brownies individually, then top them with melted chocolate, crushed graham crackers, and toasted marshmallows.
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount (do the same for your baking cocoa). Also preheat your oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before baking
Ingredients
10 tbs butter, melted
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup baking cocoa
2 eggs
1 egg yolk
2 tsp vanilla
2/3 cup flour
1 tbs cornstarch
1/2 tsp salt
Marshmallows, mini or cut into pieces
Graham crackers broken into pieces
1 cup chocolate chips
Directions – line an 8×8 or 9×9 pan with parchment paper and spray with baking spray. In a bowl, combine melted butter, sugar, brown sugar and baking cocoa. Add eggs, yolk and vanilla. Blend in flour, cornstarch and salt. Mixture will be thick. Spread in prepared pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes (until toothpick inserted on center comes out with a few moist crumbs). You can do the topping one of two ways
1) sprinkle hot brownies with 1 cup milk chocolate chips, 4 graham crackers broken into pieces and 2 cups mini marshmallows. Broil on low 3 to 5 minutes. Cool completely. Cut and store in covered container.
2) cool brownies completely. In a pan sprayed with pam, toast marshmallows by broiling on low for 5 minutes Cut into pieces. Top with melted chocolate chips. Crushed graham crackers and toasted marshmallows. Store in covered container.
Thanks for stopping by today! Remember to be kind. We are all fighting a battle of some sort.
As we close out another week, I thought blackout brownies would be a good treat to bring into work. Rob gave them a 👍 and I think my work friends will enjoy them too.
Remember to scoop your flour and baking cocoa from their containers into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. Also, preheat your oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before baking so it cycles to the right temp. And right after taking brownies out of the oven,make the frosting. I frosted the brownies while still warm.
A little messy, but good!
Ingredients
1/2 cup butter, melted
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup corn syrup (or honey)
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup flour
1/3 cup black cocoa
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup chocolate chips
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees so it cycles to the right temp. Line an 8×8 baking pan with parchment paper and spray with baking spray. In a bowl, combine butter, sugar, brown sugar, and corn syrup. Mix in eggs and vanilla. Fold in dry ingredients. Add chips. Spread evenly into pan. Bake 20 minutes. Remove from oven. Now, onto the frosting!
Frosting ingredients
3 tbs butter, softened
3 tbs black cocoa
1 tbs corn syrup (or honey)
1 cup powdered sugar
2 to 3 tbs milk
In a bowl, combine butter and baking cocoa. Add corn syrup then powdered sugar. Add milk, one tbs at a time, until you get the consistency you want. Frost warm brownies. Let them cool completely and store in covered container.
Thanks for stopping by today! I wish you a wonderful day, filled with happiness, peace and love.
I loved Little Debbie Cosmic Brownies (and Oatmeal Cream pies, too) growing up. With the brownies, I always thought the topping was magical, so delicious. I’m not sure how I would like the cosmic brownies now (processed foods have not been my thing for a long time), so I present to you homemade version. These have cornstarch in them to make them softer. I err on taking them out a little earlier (about 20 minutes) than too late because a dry brownie is a grave sin.
Remember to spoon your flour and baking cocoa from your flour bag and cocoa container into your measuring cups so you get the right amount. Pouring directly into the measuring cup would pack in the flour, and that makes for a dry treat. I also preheated my oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before baking so it cycles to the right temp.
Ingredients
3/4 cup butter, melted then cooled for 5 to 10 minutes
2/3 cup brown sugar
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 1/4 cups flour (spooned from your flour bag into your measuring cups)
3/4 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
1 tbs cornstarch
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before baking. Spray a 9×13 pan with baking spray and set aside. In a bowl, combine melted butter, brown sugar and sugar. Blend in eggs. Fold in dry ingredients. Mixture will be thick. Evenly press into prepared pan. Bake 18 to 22 minutes (a toothpick inserted in the center will come out with a few moist crumbs). Cool completely.
Ganache ingredients
1 1/2 cups chocolate chips (I combined semisweet and milk chocolate)
1/2 cup heavy cream
In a microwave safe bowl, microwave chips and milk in 1 minute increments until you can stir smooth. Stir for a few minutes to thicken up. Spread over cooled brownies. Sprinkle with mini m&ms. Let ganache set. Cut and store in covered container. I put mine in the fridge to help with the ganache setting.
Look at all that fudgy goodness
Thanks so much for stopping by! If you try these, let me know how you like them. Have a wonderful day and remember to be kind!
To celebrate having one of our favorite co-workers on campus this week in Bristol – the one and only Harry Douglas, of “Fitz and Harry” on ESPN Radio, as well as day 2 of the 2023 NFL draft, I present brownie stuffed chocolate chip cookies. I “cheated” and used a mix for the brownies. But honestly, I think brownie mixes are just fine to use and make great brownies, especially when you are pressed for time.
Nothing wrong with using a brownie mix!
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the correct amount. If you pour directly from the bag to the measuring cup, it gets packed in, and you could end up with dry cookies! I chilled the dough overnight to prevent spreading. Also, preheat the dough for 20 minutes before baking so it gets to the right temp.
Ingredients list
1 pan brownies baked and cooled, cut into 2 inch squares
2 1/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cornstarch
1/2 cup crisco
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup sugar
2 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
2 cups chocolate chips
Directions – in a bowl, cream crisco, sugar and brown sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients. If dough seems a little try, add a tbs or 2 of water. Fold in chips. Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough. Divide in half and slightly flatten.
Place a small brownie square on top.
Top with other half of flattened cookie dough
Seal edges so you can’t see brownie.
Chill dough at least a few hours or overnight. Preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before baking. Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners. Stagger cookies on sheet. Bake 13 minutes – there will be light golden patches on top. Don’t bake them too much longer. Even if they are a little doughy, they will firm up. Store in covered container.
There is magic inside this cookie!
Thanks so much for stopping by! I wish you peace and joy today. Remember to be kind. Life can be so hard for people. We are all fighting a battle, and some are worse than others.
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