Chocolate Chip Mint Crownies

Chocolate chip cookie dough is baked on top of brownie batter. Cookie + Brownie = Crownie. Two bake sale favorites combined into one irresistible treat.

Ingredients
brownie layer:
  • 16 tablespoons unsalted butter, plus more for greasing
  • 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate, cut into 1/4" pieces
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup firmly packed dark brown
  • sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Peppermint Extract
  • 1/2 tsp. fine salt
  • 1 cup flour
cookie layer:
  • 1 1/4 cups flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 8 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoons McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract, divided
  • 1 package (12 ounces) miniature chocolate chips
  • 1 + 1/2 cups milk chocolate chips

Instructions

  1.     Heat oven to 350° F. Grease a 9" x 13" baking pan with butter or line with parchment paper.
  2.     Melt butter and chocolate together using the chocolate setting on your microwave.
  3.     In a large bowl whisk eggs then add both sugars, vanilla, peppermint and salt. Whisk until combined.
  4.     Stir in the chocolate mixture then fold in flour. Pour batter into pan and spread evenly.
  5.     Bake 15 minutes.
  6.     Meanwhile make the cookie layer:
  7.     In a medium bowl mix flour, baking soda and salt together. Set aside.
  8.     In a large bowl beat butter and both sugars together on medium speed until light and fluffy. On low speed beat in the egg and vanilla.
  9.     Gradually beat in flour mixture on low speed until well mixed. Stir in chocolate chips.
  10.     Drop cookie dough by tablespoonfuls evenly over the brownie. (Batter will spread during baking.)
  11.     Bake 20 to 25 minutes longer or until cookie top is golden brown around the edges and set in the middle. Remove to a wire rack and sprinkle the chocolate chips on top. Wait 10 minutes then spread from edge to edge with a butter knife.
  12.     Cool completely then cut into bars with a chef's knife, wiping clean after each cut.

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