Crownies

So I made crownies (cookies with brownies in the middle) once before with a mix, so this was my attempt to make them from scratch. Brownie suggestions from Gilt, cookie recipe from Martha.

Turned out well! Brownies were a little weird but they worked with the recipe.

Ingredients

--Brownies--
2/3 cup unsalted butter
5 ounces unsweetened chocolate
2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 eggs
1 cup all-purpose GF flour
1 tsp guar gum

--Cookies--

2 1/4 cups GF all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 tsp guar gum
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 large eggs
2 cups (about 12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Butter a 9x9 pan, lightly dust with cocoa powder.

2. Melt chocolate and butter in a saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly. Once it's smooth, remove from heat and stir in vanilla.

3. Beat eggs in a stand mixer (paddle attachment) then add in sugar. Beat on high for 10 minutes until it's white and fluffy.

 

 

5.  Add the chocolate mixture, beating on low until just mixed.

 

6. Add flour and guar gum, stir until it just disappears.

 

7.  Pour batter into the pan, put pan in the oven.

 

Turn the temperature down to 350 and bake for 40 minutes for fudgy brownies. You'll want them a little undercooked so you can mold them into balls and bake with the cookies.

 

8. While brownies are baking, get the cookies together. Combine butter with both sugars in your electric mixer until light and fluffy-- medium speed. Reduce speed to low and add vanilla and both eggs.

 Add flour, baking soda, and guar gum and mix until just combined. Fold in the chocolate chips.

9. Spray down a mini muffin pan and fill with cookie batter.

When the brownies are done, scoop into small balls and press into centers of cookie dough.

Bake at 350 degrees 8-10 minutes, until cookies are done. Pop them out and enjoy!

Aside: I also made full-sized versions with brownies on the bottom and cookie batter on the top, which were PHENOMENAL.

- Jezebel