Name: Red Velvet, White Chocolate
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 60 min
Ingredients: Baker's note: this recipe is made in two separate parts (thus two lists of ingredients and instructions); 1/2 C butter (room temperature); 1 1/4 C pure cane white sugar; 2 eggs. room temperature; 2 tsp vanilla; 1 Tbsp strong coffee (room temperature); 1 1/3 C flour; 1/4 tsp salt; 1/4 C cocoa powder; red food coloring (as desired (it'll probably be a lot)); 1 C butter (room temperature); 3/4 C pure cane brown sugar; 1/2 C pure cane white sugar; 2 eggs; 2 tsp vanilla; 1/2 tsp salt; 1 tsp baking soda; 2 1/2 C flour; 1 1/2 C white chocolate chips; 1/2 C macadamia nuts (roughly chopped)

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Red Velvet Cookie Bars – red velvet brownies topped with white chocolate macadamia nut cookie dough make for a decadent treat!

My mama introduced me to the brownie/cookie bar combination. I’m really still not sure what this is called but I do now it’s life-changing. Seriously. Upon the discovery of this life-changing dessert, I immediately wondered how I could make it even better. Because I’m weird like that.

Being fresh off a red velvet cupcake extravaganza, I had red velvet on the brain and decided to do a red velvet brownie with which chocolate macadamia nut cookie top. Because those things are delicious individually but together are EVEN BETTER. And when someone figures out what these things are called, please fill me in.

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Red Velvet, White Chocolate

Red velvet brownies topped with white chocolate macadamia nut cookie dough make for a decadent treat.

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 45 minutes

Total Time 1 hour

Author CR Hunter

Ingredients

Baker's note: this recipe is made in two separate parts thus two lists of ingredients and instructions

Red Velvet Brownies:

1/2 C butter room temperature
1 1/4 C pure cane white sugar
2 eggs. room temperature
2 tsp vanilla
1 Tbsp strong coffee room temperature
1 1/3 C flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 C cocoa powder
red food coloring as desired (it'll probably be a lot)

White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies:

1 C butter room temperature
3/4 C pure cane brown sugar
1/2 C pure cane white sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
2 1/2 C flour
1 1/2 C white chocolate chips
1/2 C macadamia nuts roughly chopped

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350.

For the brownie layer:

Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add in eggs, vanilla, and coffee, and food coloring and beat well
Sift in flour, cocoa, and salt and mix until combined.
Spread in greased 9x13 pan (it will be thick)

For the cookie layer:

Cream butter and sugars together until fluffy. Add in eggs and vanilla and beat until well-combined.
Sift in flour, salt, and baking soda and beat just until combined.
Fold in white chocolate chips and macadamia nuts.
Drop cookie dough by spoonfuls on top of the unbaked brownie batter.
Cover with foil and bake at 350 for approx 30 minutes.
Remove foil and continue to bake until golden brown (15 minutes or so) and the middle is no longer jiggly.
Set aside to cool, or just go after it with a spoon. No judgment here.

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