Best Cookie Dough Brownies

INGREDIENTS

For the brownies

• 250g unsalted butter
• 350g brown sugar (light, dark or even caster sugar will work - use whatever you have or you prefer. Darker sugar will give fudgier more flavourful brownies).
• 6 medium free range eggs
• 1 tbsp vanilla bean paste
• 1 tsp sea salt
• 300g dark chocolate (I used Tesco everyday value)
• 350g plain flour

For the cookie dough topping

• 175g unsalted butter
• 180g light brown sugar
• 50g caster sugar
• 300g plain flour
• 350g chocolate chips or chunks
• 10 tbsp whole milk (or use almond milk, coconut milk, etc)
• 2 tbsp vanilla bean paste
• 1 tsp sea salt

INSTRUCTIONS

For the brownies

1. Preheat your oven to 160 degrees / gas mark 3 / 325F and prepare a very large (or two smaller) baking trays. I used one that was 18 inches by 9 inches, or you could use 2 9x9 inch brownie pans.
2. In the bowl of your stand mixer, or in a large bowl by hand, combine the butter (it needs to be VERY soft) and sugar and beat well for 2-3 minutes, until it's pale and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time with the mixer running, and then scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl. Add the vanilla bean paste and salt.
3. In the microwave, melt the 300g of chocolate in 30 second bursts, stirring between each time. Let cool slightly, then pour the melted chocolate into your mixing bowl and mix gently to incorporate. Finally, add the flour with the mixer running on slow, then turn off and work by hand to incorporate any remaining flour and chocolate from the bottom of the bowl.
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