Wow.
This is my 500th post on A Life From Scratch.
What started as a mere experiment (can I do this? is anyone reading this aside from my mother? how on earth do I take photographs of food?) has turned into a pretty exciting thing around here.
I always say the absolute best part of this blog is that I’m able, through mainly food, to document our lives. I can look back on our very first post, what we ate at L’s 5th birthday party, or the day we brought B home. Sometimes the posts are hard for me to read. I can’t believe how much my boys have grown (sobbing) and my photography skills early on? EEK. So scary.
If you’re new here, thank you so much, for stumbling upon my own little corner of the internet. I hope it captures you enough to deserve a following. And for those of you have been following me from day one, thank you oh so much. Every single comment, like, share, text, email, call is beyond appreciated and makes my day. I’ve gone from 37 Facebook Fans to approaching 3,000 and am averaging close to 12,000 visitors per month. That’s all you.
Let’s see. How to celebrate properly. I think you all deserve something pretty spectacular. Does this work…?
I thought it might. Or were you thinking champagne? Don’t worry, I was too. So I made the ultimate sacrifice and tested it. These go great with champagne. Or milk. That might be the more logical choice but let’s be honest – that’s just not as fun.
You guys, we know ALFS has always had a serious deep mad obsession for cookies. From gaia cookies to bus stop cookies to the perfect chocolate chip – the list goes on and on. So when I saw these I just had to dive right in.
Is it a cookie? Yes.
Is it a brownie? Yes.
Is it completely ridiculous? Yes.
But hey, you don’t hit 500 posts every day. Make these to celebrate something great going on in your life. You totally deserve it. With the champagne.
Cheers, friend!
- 1 stick salted butter (1/2 cup, very soft)
- ¾ cup white sugar
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar, packed
- 1 egg
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup + 2 tablespoons flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 18.9 ounce brownie mix - my all-time favorite is Ghirardelli Double Chocolate
- (eggs, oil, and water for brownie mix)
- With an electric mixer, cream butter and sugars in a small mixing bowl. Add vanilla and egg; cream again until smooth. Add the flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir gently until incorporated. Stir in chocolate chips. Store in refrigerator until ready to use.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare brownie batter as directed. Pour batter into a glass 8x8 or 9x9 baking dish. Scatter pieces of cookie dough over the top of the brownie batter. In my 8x8 square pan, I was able to get about ⅔ of the cookie dough to fit over the brownies and I just saved the rest for regular cookies. Press gently on the dough just until it starts to sink down into the batter a little bit.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes (35 for gooey, 40 or more for fully baked), covering with foil if you need to keep the cookies from getting too brown on top. I baked them uncovered for the first 20 minutes, then covered an additional 20 minutes. Let stand for 15-20 minutes and cut into pieces for serving.
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Those brownies look fabulous! Yay for 500!
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Oh they are fabulous – I bet Mark would love. You know him and cookies…..ha!
Congratulations Courtney!!! As an early fan, your blog has forever changed my culinary skills and outlook!! Can’t wait to be along for the next 500!!! Cheers!
Thank you so much Amanda for your support!
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Congrats! You’ve prompted me to check – as a not-so-serious blogger, I had no idea where I was at. Surprised I have posted 378 times. I find it hard to beleive that I’ve managed to accumulate that much of anything and write it out for others to read. 500 is quite the milestone. Brownies look fabulous!
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Thank you so much Trish!! 378 – that’s awesome!
Congrats on your 500th post! Pretty soon you’ll be at 1000, but then the kids will REALLY be big and that might make you cry.
Love the silverware photos on your wall too!
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You’re right – I will be crying!!!
Congrats my friend! Have always loved it, still make the early blog dishes and love all of it, from food, fashion and most importantly planning, it’s been a huge help, thank you and cheers to many more post!!
Ah, thanks so much! One of my most loyal followers – and friends! Thanks for being apart of it all <3
Congrats! Love you!
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Champagne is always the answer. Happy 500!!
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congrats and I love your recipe my boys are big cookie eaters will be making soon thanks for sharing
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