This is a version of an old recipe of mine I brought out of my ‘retired recipes pile’ and gave a good makeover! I heard that phrase to ‘bring a recipe out of retirement’ from a friend a few weeks ago, and just had to borrow it. I know it’s a common story now that more and more information becomes easily available about nutrition that people ‘retire’ their old recipes for newer, healthier ones. But sometimes, those old recipes can be brought back with the right makeover. This recipe in it’s originality was about as far from a healthy indulgence as you could get. It had all the classic suspects: several cups of white sugar, sticks (plural) of butter, and lots of refined white flour.
Predictably everyone absolutely loved them! And there was a time they were the only thing I was allowed to bring to any kind of get together. If I tried to branch out and bring something else, it was nothing but disappointment. Then when we changed our diet a few years back, I ‘retired’ that recipe. But of course I’ve been thinking about it, and people are still requesting it. So I figured it was high time I pulled it back out, and make it into a healthier indulgence with all real food ingredients – nothing processed.
I started with my flourless brownie recipe, which I modified a bit to suit the cookie dough topping. That recipe has already proven to be a winner with everyone I know, so it’s the perfect place to start.
I spread the batter into a pan lined two ways with parchment paper. By lining the pan with two strips of parchment paper, you can easily lift the brownies right out after they’re done baking. You can also bake them right in the pan, and serve them out of whatever baking dish you choose.
While the brownies bake, you make the cookie dough for the topping. There’s no raw eggs in this cookie dough, so no need to worry about that!
Once the brownies have cooled, you’ll spread/pat the cookie dough over the top.
Then cut them into small squares because they’re really rich…
… and finally serve them to awaiting friends and family who will love you forever! Just sort of kidding, but these brownies will definitely win you some of those proverbial ‘brownie points’. 5 from 11 reviews
