Brookie Time!! (The ultimate brownie + Chocolate Chip Cookie Combo)

Here is how we are going to make these Brookies! You can grab a box mix and follow those directions (or you can use my brownie recipes here on my website or in my cookbook, It Just Happens to be Gluten-Free). Place the brownie batter in a 9x9 greased cake pan or baking dish. Then place scoops of your chocolate chip cookie dough on top! Bake each of the brookies for more time than the brownie recipe called for. I did an extra 10-15 minutes. I liked to make a neat pattern so you could see a bit of the brownie popping out in between the cookie dough.

I made a vegan version of this recipe using MIGHTYLICIOUS Vegan Brownie mix and their GF AP Vegan flour for the chocolate chip cookies. I came up with a recipe for vegan chocolate chip cookies and it is below the gluten-free recipe!

For my gluten-free version that is NOT vegan but is free from oats (My oldest daughter CANNOT have as she gets a bad reaction from ingesting anything with them.) This recipe can be found in my cookbook as well.


*Our Family's Favorite*
​Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
Preheat the Oven to 350°
Prep Time: 6 minutes Cook Time: 12-16 minutes (depending on the size of balls)
Make 30-36 cookies

Ingredients:
¾ cup butter, softened (1 ½ sticks)
¼ cup of organic cane sugar 
1 1/4 cup of packed brown sugar, packed
1 1/2 cups of chocolate chips
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
½ cup tapioca flour
2 cups brown rice four
1 teaspoon xanthan gum

Directions:
1. Cream butter and sugar together for at least 1 minute.
2. Add egg and vanilla, mix.
3. Sift together & mix well: the flours, baking soda, baking powder and the salt.
4. Add the dry ingredients to the bowl and mix until smooth.
5. Add chocolate chips
6. Form 1" balls and place 2 “ apart 
*keep the dough cool. May need to put in refrigerator in between patches. Dough will be firm, lightly pat down to flatten slightly.
7.Prepare a greased baking sheet or parchment line a baking sheet.
8.Bake time for 1” dough ball = 12 minutes. Time for 2” dough balls = 14-16 minutes.

Chocolate Chip Cookie (gf & vegan)
*I used Using Mightylicious vegan ap flour*
 
375° preheated oven (cookies alone bake 12-15 minutes) if you are making a Brookie (with brownie bottom using Mightylicious Vegan brownie mix) bake for 30-35 minutes
 
Ingredients 
2 1/3 cup ap gf flour (*vegan)
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 coconut oil
1/2 cup coconut milk
2 tsp vanilla extract 
1/4 cup yogurt (*vegan if desired)
2 cups chocolate chips (*vegan)
 
For making a Brookie with the brownie bottom- use  scooper to place cookie dough on top of brownie.