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Cookie Butter Brownie Bars

February 17, 2012 · by Ari ·

Please don’t tell me you’re sick of the cookie butter already. You can’t be. This is only recipe #2. In fact, recipe #1 happened because the first time I tried this recipe it absolutely failed. I mean, it was delicious, but the brownies didn’t bake all the way through, and you couldn’t get it out of the pain, so you kind of had to sit there with a fork chowing down on a 9×13 pan of gooey half baked goodness. It kind of became a problem, and I had to give them away–well give it away, since it was kind of like one big bar. Anyway, I knew I was onto something with the taste, so I tried again.

Try #1 went brownie batter on bottom, cookie butter bar layer on top, bake. Try #2 included baking the brownie layer a little bit first, but still somehow came out looking like try #1. Third time’s a charm, I guess 😉

Cookie layer on the bottom because brownies cook more slowly–duhhh, Ari! The result? Gooey, brownie, cookie butter deliciousness that can actually be plated and served. See?

 

Cookie Butter Brownie Bars

yield approx 32 bars

  • 1 box TJ’s reduced guilt brownie mix or No Pudge Brownie Mix
  • 6oz nonfat vanilla yogurt (some other flavors also taste good mixed with brownie like red velvet–yum!)
  • 1 cup cookie butter
  • 1/2 cup apple butter
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 1/2 cups white whole wheat flour
  • white chocolate and caramel for drizzling (optional)

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350. Spray to 9×9 baking pans with nonstick spray. Set aside.
  2. Combine brownie mix and yogurt. Set aside.
  3. Beat together cookie butter, apple butter, brown sugar, Splenda, vanilla, milk and baking soda. Slowly beat in flour.
  4. Divide cookie butter dough in half and press into the bottom of each 9×9 baking pan. Smooth out the top as much as possible.
  5. Evenly divide the brownie batter between the two pans, using a spatula to smooth on top.
  6. Bake for 18-22 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out mostly clean. Careful not to over bake–you still want a little gooeyness in the middle, but you want everything set enough to come out neatly.
  7. Cool on a wire rack, then slice and drizzle with white chocolate and caramel if desired.

 

Filed Under: Brownies & Bars, Dessert · Tagged: baking, bars, brownies, cookie butter, dessert, recipe, speculoos, trader joe's

Comments

  1. Nicoke W says

    February 17, 2012 at 9:38 am

    Yay! So glad you figured out a way to make that deliciousness work!! They look really yummy 🙂 and I am loving that photo directly above the recipe, its gorgeous!

  2. diana says

    February 17, 2012 at 11:30 am

    I love your blog. I want to jump into the computer and eat all the food you put on your blog. Please I beg of you. Please stop taking such amazingly good shots of the food. I believe it is called cruel and unusual punishment.

    You should really start a cookbook. You could call it yummy and delicious punishment.

    • Ari says

      February 17, 2012 at 11:53 am

      Hahaha, thanks girl! My husband is behind the amazing photography 🙂 When is your birthday? I’ll bake you something! And I would pee my pants if anyone ever offered me the opportunity to write a cook book! But then they might take the offer back…

  3. Corrie Anne says

    February 17, 2012 at 4:25 pm

    Those look amazing. I definitely want to find some of that no pudge brownie mix. The name totally wins me over.

  4. myfudo says

    February 20, 2012 at 12:55 am

    My dad has been bugging me to bring his favorite brownie bars…Honestly, I am a little bored with the old recipe I have had for years. It is time, I try something new. This will surely make daddy smile. Thanks for sharing.

  5. Lauren at Keep It Sweet says

    February 28, 2012 at 2:14 pm

    LOVE these! What a great way to use the cookie butter!

    • Ari says

      February 28, 2012 at 2:18 pm

      Thank you!! 🙂

  6. Avanika {Yumsilicious Bakes} says

    November 15, 2012 at 3:11 pm

    Came here via a google search on what to do with speculoos. Are people really tired of the recipes? Can’t be, these look amazing. I’m confused though, if brownies cook slower, shouldn’t they be on the bottom?

    P.S – I’m just loving typing in this box because of the interesting font. I love it. What font is it, can I ask?

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