24 Bakes: Brownie Cookies
Bake #6 was an easy one.
Why this recipe
If you’ve read anyyyy of my posts, you would see that I’m heavily influenced by two friends who are both bakers and recipe editors — Laurel Randolph and Meghan Splawn.
Laurel and I have been friends for 17 years, which is wild to think about, and almost carries more weight considering those 17 years were post college. Meghan and I have been friends for a few years now, connecting through Instagram then IRL. Through the magic of the internet, these two connected before I even met Meghan, as they’re both active writers in the culinary world.
Despite logic, it still blows my mind when I watch Meghan make Laurel’s recipes or vice versa, and because I desperately want to be an excellent* baker like them, I decided to try out this magical, easy recipe turning brownie mix into cookies.
The Recipe
This recipe only requires three ingredients:
Boxed brownie mix
1 stick of unsalted butter
1 large egg
Optional additions are dark or semi-sweet chocolate chips and flaky salt.
This is the perfect recipe for someone who wants brownies but cannot wait 40-60 minutes for them to bake (only to have them turn out hard as rocks, which happened to me recently).
How it went
The cookies were not only easy, they were delicious.
If you want a crispy on the outside and soft on the inside cookie that requires no stand mixer, freeze time or just general waiting, this recipe is for you.
As a note: I was out of chocolate chips, which made no sense to me. I’ve since remedied this by buying a GIANT bag from Costco, but at the time, I only had a Hershey’s bar, so I added that instead of chocolate chips. It worked great!
I highly recommend this method and watching Meghan’s reel about her experience with making them this way. I was going to make them again before writing this (mainly because this has taken me months to write and I wanted more), but as mentioned above, I went the regular ole brownie/burnt route instead. C’est la vie.
What I Learned
Things can be other things, which might be the silliest way to describe this recipe. But not everything has to be done according to the box — you can mix it up! It does help if you have experience, however, with baking, recipe development and patience.
*I am doubtful I will ever reach this level, but one can be, as the kids say, delulu.
