Polka-Dot Brownies

Have you ever mispoke, and because of that lingual blunder experimented with something new?  Today was one of those days for me.  I was baking cookies, and I asked Ian, "Would you mind getting a sheet of brownies ready for the oven?"  Ian looked at me and said, "A sheet of what?"  Thinking about brownies and cookies made me wonder what would happen if you shaped some cookie dough balls and baked them in a pan of brownies.

So I saved some of my cookie dough and rolled it into small balls.

Then I whipped up a batch of brownies and placed the balls into the batter.  Some, I pressed down and others I laid on top.  I followed the baking directions and cooked the brownies for baked it at 350 for 30 minutes.

After 30 minutes, the brownies were completely cooked.

Verdict:  Not a failure.  This is one instance where I agree with Dad's philosophy of taste--  That adding a 10 and a 10 doesn't equal 20.  Cookies are great and brownies are great, but adding them together this way did not make the dish super-great.

I know that isn't a rousing success, but at least they didn't suck.  If I were to do this again, I would (1)  make the cookie balls smaller, so that I could put more in.  (2)  I would place them closer together-- I thought the cookie dough would spread out, so I spaced accordingly, but I think the cooked balls were about the same size as the uncooked balls.  Also, (3)  I wouldn't bother pushing the dough into the batter, because it didn't make a difference to the way the balls cooked.  And lastly, (4) I would cook the brownies for about 25 minutes (instead of 30) to make the brownies more moist (my favorite part of the brownie is the middle, when it is nice and soft and moist.