This delicious treat has a cookie dough layer topped with Oreos and crowned with a fantastic brownie layer. Super-indulgent and totally delicious!
Equipment
9x9-inch baking dish
Ingredients
Cookie Dough:
1cupunsalted buttersoftened, 226g
¾cupbrown sugar150g
1/2cupgranulated sugar100g
1egg
2tsp.vanilla extract10mL
2cupsall-purpose flour240g
1 ¼tsp.kosher salt
½tsp.baking powder
¼tsp.baking soda
1cupsemi-sweet chocolate chips
½cupquick oats
Cookie Layer:
18chocolate sandwich cookiessuch as Oreos
Brownie Layer:
3/4cupunsalted buttermelted
½cupbrown sugar100g
½cupgranulated sugar100g
2tsp.vanilla extract10mL
2/3cupcocoa powder65g
½cupall-purpose flour60g
2tsp.espresso powder
½tsp.kosher salt
½tsp.baking powder
2eggs
½cupsemi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
Make the Cookie Dough:
Using a stand or hand mixer, beat butter and sugars in a bowl until creamy, about 2 minutes. Beat in egg and vanilla until combined.
In a separate bowl, stir together flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture, beating on low speed until just combined.
Fold in both chocolates and oats until just combined (do not overbeat).
Divide dough in half; spread half of dough in an even layer in the bottom of a foil-lined, greased 9x9-inch baking pan. Set pan aside while making brownie layer.
Refrigerate remaining dough for 15 minutes; reserve for additional cookies (see note below).
Make the Cookie Layer:
Place the Oreos on top of the cookie dough layer; breaking cookies to fit, as needed.
Make the Brownie Layer:
Preheat oven to 350°F. Mix the cocoa powder, flour, espresso powder, and baking powder in a bowl then set aside.
In a medium bowl, beat together melted butter, sugars, eggs, and vanilla. Mix very well as this step gives you that nice brownie top.
Sift the dry mixture into the butter mixture; stir until no streaks remain then fold in the chocolate chips.
Pour brownie batter over Oreo layer; gently smooth top with an offset spatula.
Bake at 350° until a wooden pick inserted comes out mostly clean, 35 to 40 minutes.
For best slicing results, let cool completely, about 2 hours.
Using foil as handles, lift brownies from pan. Discard foil; cut brownies into desired shapes.
Store in an airtight container up to 3 days, or refrigerate up to 1 week, if you can resist them that long!
Notes
Don’t stress about making a solid layer with the Oreo cookies; you can fill in some gaps with caramel-filled chocolates or more broken Oreos, and the brownie batter will handle the rest. -Use any blend of chocolate that you desire for the cookies and the brownies. I’m a big fan of dark chocolate, but feel free to sneak some milk chocolate in, if that floats your boat. -It’s going to be very hard to resist eating these hot out of the pan, but they do slice best when allowed to cool for a couple of hours. I like to cut them into nine even squares, then cut the squares diagonally into triangles.