Brownie Cookies

I do not have a cool story about these. The fact that they are chocolate chip brownie cookies should speak for itself. They are 'cakey' like regular brownies, but they don't fall apart and leave you with a bunch of crumbies (crumbies-  F.R.I.E.N.D.S. reference. Anyone? Seriously? Ok...) Just make them. They are amazing.

Ingredients:

* 2/3 cup crisco
* 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar
* 1 tablespoon water
* 1 teaspoon vanilla
* 2 eggs
* 1 1/2 cups flour
* 1/3 cup cocoa powder
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
* 2 cups chocolate chips

To Do:

* Mix ingredients together in a giant bowl. I'm sure you'd benefit from doing the time-old-tradition of mixing all wet ingredients together, then all the dry ingredients together, then adding them together- but why bother- they are all ending up in the same place: your stomach!
* I do 'drop cookies' with these- make each cookie about 1 tablespoon in size. Place them on a cookie sheet.
* Bake each batch for 7-9 minutes at 375 F.
* Be careful to not overbake these- they are supposed to be ooey-gooey!

Bonus tip: Having a bad day, or feeling like you need to put on a few extra pounds? Heat one (or two or three) up in the microwave for 30 seconds, top with a scoop (or one or two or three) of vanilla ice cream and some caramel syrup (or chocolate syrup or nuts or all of it) for a brownie sundae! No, mother, I haven't done this lately... ok... I have. Worth it.