Cookie Dough Brownie Bars
A rich, fudgy brownie topped with a creamy cookie dough frosting. These Cookie Dough Brownie Bars an easy to make, addictively tasty dessert!
Servings: 20 bars
Ingredients
Brownies
- 3/4 cup butter melted, then cooled so that it is no longer hot, but is still liquid
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup light brown sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 3/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Cookie Dough Frosting
- 3/4 cup butter softened
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar lightly packed
- 1/4 cup dark brown sugar lightly packed
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 cup miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
Brownies
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line bottom and sides of 9" square pan with parchment paper.
- In a medium sized bowl, stir together flour, cocoa powder, salt, and baking powder.
- Stir in sugar and light brown sugar.
- Next, stir in melted butter, eggs, and vanilla extract. Stir until batter is well combined, but still lumpy.
- Bake for 30-33 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into center of pan comes out clean. Let cool completely before frosting.
Cookie Dough Frosting
- Use electric mixer to beat light and dark brown sugars, sugar, and butter, until lightened and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
- Add salt and vanilla extract to sugar mixture, and beat until well combined.
- In a small bowl, whisk together flour and salt. Then slowly beat into sugar mixture.
- Add milk to mixing bowl and beat until well combined.
- Stir in chocolate chips.
- Spread mixture over top of cooled brownies. Cut into about 20 rectangles.