Cookie Brownie Bars
 
Ingredients
Cookie Layer
  • ½ c. Granulated Sugar
  • ½ c. Brown Sugar, packed
  • ⅓ c. Shortening
  • ½ Stick Unsalted Butter, softened
  • 1 Large Egg
  • 1 t. Pure Vanilla Extract
  • ¾ t. Baking Soda
  • ¼ t. Salt
  • 1⅛ c. All-Purpose Flour
  • 1 c. Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
Oreo Layer
  • 35 Oreos (will be slightly more than one package)
Brownie Layer
  • ½ c., plus 2 T. All-Purpose Flour
  • ½ t. Salt
  • 1 T. Dark Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
  • 1 c. Dark/Bittersweet Chocolate Chips
  • 1 Stick Unsalted Butter, cut into 1-inch pieces
  • ½ t. Instant Coffee Granules
  • ¾ c. Granulated Sugar
  • ¼ c. Light Brown Sugar, packed
  • 3 Large Eggs, room temperature
  • 2 t. Pure Vanilla Extract
Peanut Butter Frosting
  • 6 T. Unsalted Butter
  • 1 c. Smooth Peanut Butter
  • 2 c. Powdered Sugar
  • 5 T. Heavy Whipping Cream (or whole milk)
  • 2 t. Pure Vanilla Extract
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x13 baking pan.
For the Cookie Layer
  1. In a mixer, cream the sugars, butter and shortening until fluffy. Add egg, then vanilla. Whisk together the dry ingredients in a medium bowl and add to wet ingredients. Stir in chocolate chips. Press evenly into the pan. Layer with Oreos.
For the Brownie Layer
  1. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, salt and cocoa powder. Set aside.
  2. Put the chocolate, butter and instant coffee granules into a medium bowl and melt in the microwave at 20 second intervals, stirring between each time until completely melted and smooth. Add sugars and whisk until completely combined. Let cool to room temperature.
  3. Add 2 of the eggs and whisk until combined. Add the remaining egg and whisk until combined. Add the vanilla and stir until combined. Do not overbeat the batter at this stage or the brownies will be cakey.
  4. Sprinkle the flour mixture over the chocolate mixture. Using a rubber spatula (not a whisk), fold the flour mixture into the chocolate. Pour the batter over the Oreos.
  5. Bake for 45 minutes or until a tester inserted in the middle comes out clean. Let cool completely on a wire rack and frost with Peanut Butter Frosting.
For the Peanut Butter Frosting
  1. In an electric mixer, beat the butter and peanut butter until smooth. Beat in one cup of the powdered sugar. Beat in half of the heavy whipping cream. Beat in the remaining powdered sugar and heavy whipping cream. Beat in vanilla. Spread over cooled brownie bars.
Notes
Makes 24.
Recipe by DessertedPlanet.com at http://dessertedplanet.com/4-layer-brownie-bars/