When holidays are around the corner and my boyfriend and I
have a few stops to make while visiting family I enjoy making desserts so we
don’t show up somewhere empty handed. I
had a few different ideas for desserts and somewhere in my list of ideas I had “Cookie
Butter Brownies.” The simple mention of
Cookie Butter my boyfriend was immediately intrigued. He then brought out the fact that it would be
a good idea to test the brownies before deciding to make something that I may
not be impressed with to put down on a dessert table.
I had two separate ideas so instead of making two trays of
brownies (which can be dangerous having that many brownies lying around) I made
a “snack size” box of brownies, split it down the middle and made the two separate
recipes I had in mind. I simply followed
the box directions for the brownies – I avoided eliminating any of the eggs and
oil because even with adding them they were going to be around the same point values.
I sprayed my pan with cooking spray, layered in my batter
and for the swirl portion I just took 2 tablespoons of cookie butter, melted it
in the microwave (about 25 seconds). I
stirred it to make sure it was smooth and drizzled it over half the brownies
and “swirled” it in with the tip of a fork. I then baked them off per the box directions,
taking them out when they passed the toothpick test.
I have to say hands down – these were my FAVORITE out of the
two I made. It had a nice subtle cookie
butter flavoring, while not being overpoweringly sweet. They were also only 5 points plus per brownie (6 servings - half the container).
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