Chipster-Topped Brownies. The best of both worlds.
So, I haven’t posted in more than a week, because we were vacationing with family in Arizona, home of the Grand Canyon and an IKEA. One of them was so vast and beautiful, I had to step back and catch my breath. The other was the Grand Canyon. Kidding! But can you buy a lovely blue bowl at the canyon for less than $3? I think not.
Anyway, the great thing is that you don’t have to choose between those particular wonders, you can enjoy them both. The same holds true for these Chipster-Topped Brownies, this week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe. A brownie layer topped with a chocolate-chip cookie layer. What could be better, except maybe an IKEA inside the Grand Canyon?
For the recipe, pick up a copy of Dorie Greenspan’s “Baking: From My Home to Yours.”
these look fabulous! i was also just perusing the ikea website before reading your blog, so i totally second that grand canyon bit. i love ikea.
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A bowlful of brownies – yum!
Your brownies look delicious, especially sitting in your lovely blue bowl! =)
Oh IKEA!!!!!!!!!! We just got some end tables for 12 BUCKS EACH. I mean come on. IKEA wins.
I'm not officially a member of TWD yet, but I'm still making them. Waiting for them to come out the oven now and I hope they look as good as yours. Lovely!
I love Ikea. These look beautiful. I've tried something similar before and while I love brownies and love chocolate chip cookies I thought the combination left something to be desired. I guess I'll just have to have a big ol' brownie with a side of chocolate chip cookie….and a side of ice cream, just because.
Your chipster brownies turned out great! Those would be divine with a scoop of ice cream.
Ikea…gotta love it! And gotta love that snazzy blue bowl!
Your brownies came out looking great! I 'liked', did not 'love' the combo. To me it was the best of both worlds…but they sort of operate for me best on their own.
I heart your bowl.
I heart these brownies.
Oh, you're funny. Now if you could eat these brownies from a blue bowl while gazing at the Grand Canyon, you couldn't do better! Yours look just about perfect!
Here's another reason you need to come to Toronto – we have three Ikeas! These brownies look delish!
Great analogy! And exquisit brownies!
If they sold these at Ikea, we'd be in heaven…fun furniture and good snacks!
now that someone has said it out loud, i'm sure an ikea inside the grand canyon is in short order! nice post, and nice brownies, too!
i haven't been to ikea in ages. For stuff being so cheap there I end up spending too much. Your brownies look wonderful.
An IKEA *inside* the Grand Canyon? The world couldn't contain the awesomeness :) Great looking brownies!
The brownies look great! GC is my favorite place. No, wait… Yellowstone.
No… GC.
No… Yellowstone.
Sigh.
You're trying to break me, aren't you? Who can resist these?!
What a beautiful picture! I bet the Grand Canyon is beautiful this time of year.
i have that bowl, too! love IKEA!
YUM! Best of both in one bar. I'll have to try these sometime. And buy bigger pants who's need will inevitably follow. Glad you had a good trip!
I haven't been to IKEA in forever. Great brownies.
Love the treats and love IKEA. How nice that they go so well together. ;-)
Ahh, IKEA. I could go there every day. I could also eat these brownies every day.
I've not been to Ikea or the Grand Canyon. :(
Welcome back.
~ingrid
you're brownies looks perrrfect!
sooo delicious!
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Your brownies look great! Amazing photography :-)
Two of my favorite places, Ikea and the Grand Canyon! Your brownie/cookie looks absolutely beautiful.
Rebecca, I'm glad you're back! I was worried. I totally agree with you about Ikea! Forget DisneyWorld–next to the Container Store, Ikea is the happiest place on earth! (And the brownies look yummy, too!)
Mmmm Brownies and Swedish Meatballs!!
Nice job!
Hope you had a wonderful vacation! Your chipsters look fantastic.
BRING YOUR PREGNANT SISTER THESE NOW! Good lord, if you brought me some with an awesome blossom i'd name her Rebecca, hand to GOD.
ROFL! You are too funny! Your brownies and pretty blue bowl look great!
Oh I will be making these… it's not a matter of if, it's when. Hmm.. now is good!
IKEA in the Grand Canyon – genius. And those brownies are as pretty as that new blue bowl.
Great job! I'm so jealous of your distinct layers! My cookie dough sank into the brownie batter and made quite a mess.
Glad you're back! I'm so disappointed. The husband and I are going to MT next month (holy crap in less than 2 weeks) and I have been dying to go to IKEA. Last week I did a store locater and there isn't a single IKEA on our way from KS to MT. I'm totally jealous. Oh well, I'll hit it in Dec when I'm in DC.
Over Memorial Day Weekend, The Boy & I went to 2 amusement parks on Sunday. King's Island, and IKEA in Cincinnati. I preferred the latter.
Haha, I do love Ikea. Glad you had such a wonderful vacation. The Grand Canyon is truly an amazing sight to behold. So are these chipster topped brownies. Just wow. I can't wait to get out Dorie's book and try these for myself. Delicious!
So what I'm really curious about is the batter. I'm a bowl-licker by nature and need to know if my world as I know it will be okay with this recipe. Can I still eat both batters as usual? Nothing crazy going on? Right. Okay then. Since it's a Dorie recipe, I'll assume perfection and give it a whirl.
those looks so luscious!!
Okay, so this post is totally old news, but I am so amazed at the concept of chipster topped brownies that i just had to leave a puddle of virtual drool. I'm making these ASAP!
I usually find that brownies are too rich, for me at least. A cookie, I think, would distract from that quite nicely! Or possibly making the brownie layer thinner, mmm!