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What would you get if an ugly cookie and an ugly brownie had a baby?

Ugly cookies that taste like the gooey center of a brownie! Are they ugly? Sure. Are they delicious? Most definitely. Don't worry though, I definitely prettied them up for the next couple batches. Best part of this whole recipe is that while they're still a chocolatey cookie, I got the recipe from Cooking Light. In my mind this means you can eat even more than usual, and also obviously means I doubled the recipe. (Below is the doubled amounts) Let's gather supplies!!

Breaking that down we'll need:

2 cups flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

10 tbsp butter

14 tbsp unsweetened cocoa (this equals 7/8 cup according to the internet, I chose to painstakingly measure out 14 tbsp. I'm a masochist.)

1 1/3 cup sugar

2/3 packed brown sugar

2/3 cup plain low-fat yogurt

2 tsp vanilla extract

This recipe called for melting your butter in a saucepan and then mixing everything in that and yadda yadda yadda. You guys, they invented a microwave for a reason. USE IT! This also allows you to use your stand mixer, Roberta if you're me (what? you guys don't name your mixers?), which makes everything ten times more fun. There could be a specific reason for them suggesting the saute pan, but my cookies turned out fantastic so I'm not particularly concerned. I've linked to the recipe above if you'd like to try it their way. Do you.

So here's what you actually have to do. Throw all your sugar into the bowl along with the cocoa powder.

Add the melted butter and combine everything until it looks like wet sand. 

Told you. Sand.

Now add your vanilla and yogurt and mix all of that good stuff together.

At this point you're going to need to resist the urge to just eat what you have there because it will smell like chocolate heaven. You're making cookies, don't lose focus! Now slowly add in the flour until everything is combined. At this point, attempt to keep your roommate from justifying massive dough consumption by reminding you that there's no uncooked egg in these. If he eats it all you're short on dough. Remember this!!

Now it's cookie scooping time! Using a spoon, portion out 12 little balls of cookie dough onto your non-stick cookie sheet. It might look a little goofy (what I fear is becoming a recurring theme around here), but go with it. Remember last time when I said that I didn't have parchment paper to really keep it from sticking? Yeah, definitely still haven't gotten any. So if you have some for yourself, two big thumbs up to you. You're more adult than I am.

Genetically mutated tootsie rolls. They're real and they're happening right now.

Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes or until they get that nice light cracking on top. At that point TAKE THEM OUT! You might think that they're slightly undercooked. This is ideal. They'll continue to cook a little on the pan and you'll wind up with a magical, chewy, delicious brownie-like cookie. We've dubbed them here at the office "Brookies." You're welcome for the new word.

Told you I made them prettier.