Chocolate Chip Cookie Oreo Brownies

If you have been looking online for brownies over the past few months, you have probably seen some version of these.  I did try to figure out where this started and I think it might have been with The Londoner and this recipe, though I did see it first here at What's Gaby Cooking.  Basically, it is a layer of cookie dough followed by a layer of Oreo cookies topped with a layer of brownie. This is my version using the Ghirardelli chocolate chip cookie recipe as a base and using Robert's Absolute Best Brownies by David Lebovitz, which really are the best brownies I have ever eaten.  I always wonder if these over the top type desserts are really as good as they sound like they will be - at least until I try them.  Sometimes they are and sometimes they are not.  But, these are really delicious.  They are truly decadent and sure to get some attention wherever you take them... if you don't keep them all for yourself.


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Oreo Brownie Birthday Cake

This is a birthday cake I made recently.  It is absolutely yummy.  I made it using two layers of these brownies without the nuts.  To do this you need to double the recipe and bake it in a 9" x 13" pan, twice.  Yes that is right, four recipes altogether.  And, yes that is two whole pounds of premium chocolate.  I didn't say it was cheap or low calorie... And, I have made it with a sandwich cookie pan using one recipe for each layer, but we needed more this time.  In between the two layers is one recipe of the center filling you find in Oreo ball recipes.  Really it isn't a recipe, it is just one package of oreos blended in the food processor with one 8oz. package of cream cheese.

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