Rule #39
Eat all the junk food you want as long as you cook it yourself.
Sweet and
Salty Cookie Brownies
I was
inspired to create a version of this layered cookie after enjoying one after a
day of mountain biking in Moab, Utah. A friend
shared his homemade baked goods with us after the ride, but my kids were not
able to have one due to the egg and milk ingredients.
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| Delicate Arch, Moab |
I promised
my kids on the spot that I would figure out a recipe that they could also
enjoy. I am happy to announce that I had
success on my first trial.
I recommend
the Ghirardelli Double Chocolate Brownie mix because it is dairy free and can
be made without an egg. Follow the basic
instructions and add ¼ cup flour to the mix.
Set aside.
For the
cookie, I used my basic recipe and excluded the chocolate chips and added
roasted, salted, sunflower seeds.
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| Cookie batter on top of brownie batter |
1 cup
uncooked old fashioned oats or quinoa flakes
1 cup of
flour
1/3 cup
roasted and salted sunflower seeds
1/2
teaspoon baking soda
1/2
teaspoon salt
1/2 cup
butter or dairy free margarine*
1
Flax egg (click for link)
2
teaspoons vanilla
1/3 cup sugar
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
- Prepare a 9x13
baking dish with cooking spray.
- Beat butter,
sugars, and vanilla in a large bowl until smooth. Add flax egg and beat until well blended.
- Add remaining ingredients
to the butter mixture and combine until well blended.
- Spread brownie
mixture into baking dish.
- Add cookie
batter evenly on top of brownie batter.
- Bake for 40-45
minutes. Allow cookie brownies to cool and place in
refrigerator. Cut into 1 inch
squares.
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| Vernazza, Cinque Terre, Italy |
It
was more work and required more effort to make these cookie brownies as compared to buying something at the bakery or store, but as
Michael Pollan points out in his book, “Food Rules”, you can enjoy a treat every day
if you make them yourself. Chances are you are not going to actually make
them every day. ;-) Try applying this same
viewpoint to french fries, potato chips, ice cream, etc.
We are looking forward to bringing this cookie along for our future hiking, biking, and camping trips-where ever in the world they take us.
