This is a Brookie.
It can't be any thing else.
Its a cookie that tastes of brownies.
So Brownie + Cookie= Brookie.
This was supposed to be a cookie but I didn't trust it on the cookie sheet -not that it could have had wrong intentions...
Unfortunately, out of the two times I have bakes these ,I have been unable to photograph the end product. Such Brookie -holics around here.
l had noted this intensely healthy chocolatey cookie long ago with the intention to bake soon , but like with all good intentions... this one got pushed to the background too.
Until Sweet Child went through the stash of chocolates I bought back from Malaysia... and threatened to shop for more .
I had to get off my butt and bake again.
So- lazy leading to deviousness and mixing up landed me here.
I think I got the chocolate from the recipe wrong but it worked.
It was almost truffle like before baking , had it not been for the egg and whole wheat flour I probably would have let sweet child eat them as they were.
But now the Mum in me can rest easy. Its all healthy.
For the
Oats ,Whole wheat and Chocolate Brookie...
You need
1 cup oats -I use Quaker
1/2 cup whole wheat flour or atta
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
2 pinches baking soda or soda bicarb
50 gms Butter-I use Amul
125 gms dark chocolate
4 tbsp good cocoa powder-I use an intense Malaysian brand that the cake supplier sells(So I use 3 tbsp)
Melt the butter and the chocolate over a double boiler or in the microwave.
Add in the cocoa powder and mix well.In another bowl whisk the sugar and egg and vanilla essence.
By now the chocolate mix would have cooled. Mix it into the egg and sugar.
Add in the baking soda and salt to the oats and whole wheat flour.Now mix the dry ingredients into the wet.
The dough /batter may look a bit wet to you ,but allow the oats to absorb the moisture and fats from the butter and chocolate.If after 5 minutes, the dough still looks wet add a spoon or two of oats.
preheat the oven to 350°F/180C .
line muffin pan with cupcake liners. I hate the clean up...and my daily help protests.
With an ice cream scoop , scoop out the brookie dough. I got 14.For added fiber I rolled them in oats and flattened them.
In to the muffin tray and in the oven for 20 minutes.
Soft and brownie like while warm ,they become like fudgy cookies when cool.
Heaven in a bite.
What makes my heart even happier, is that the oats and chocolate really make my heart happy.So good cheer and coffee are best pick me up every day.
I thought that I had coined the term Brookie ,but well...it has been around a while. According to the Internet , a Brookie is a cookie that has a brownie in it or vice versa.
But mine is either a cookie that is a brownie or a brownie that is a cookie.
I don't really know.
All I know is that it is a brownie when I want it to be one and a cookie when my heart so desires.
And it makes my taste buds dance a chocolate tango.And it makes my heart happy.
A little change -a brownie-a cookie -a Brookie...
So what are you baking today???
