TRIPLE PLAY BARS

At work, a friend’s birthday was fast approaching.  As is tradition, we all plan on bringing treats.  I approached a fellow office baker with the question, “What are you bringing in on Monday (birthday day)?”

With a sheepish grin, she responded “‘Better than Sex Cake.'”

Hum, the office had upped its game.  I needed to see what possibilities existed.  At home (NOT at work), I Googled “Better than Sex Cookies” and could not find any recipe that would live up to that name.  I did however stumble across “Slutty Brownies.”  Humph, silly name and a strange homage to ménage à trois.  I did not feel right even having it on my browser history.  Regardless of my hesitations, this three layer bar (cookie on bottom, Oreo in middle, and brownie on top) is spectacular.  Certainly not “slutty,” but instead demanding the highest levels of cookie respect.

As a result, I have rebranded this super simple, but in so many ways delightful brownie as “Triple Play Bars.”  Yes!  Summertime!  Baseball!  The beauty of a triple play!  That’s the ticket.  That’s the “Cookie of the Week.”  Enjoy!

 

1 pound Refrigerated Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough

1 container of Oreo Cookies (you will have some left over)

1 box of Brownie Mix, plus anything called for preparing the brownies on the box

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Press cookie dough into the bottom of a greased 9″ x 9″ pan.

Top with a single layer of Oreos, placed on top of the cookie dough in rows.

Mix up the brownie batter per the instructions on the box and pour over the Oreos and cookie dough.

Bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

 

Makes about 25 bars.

Revised Source:  “Slutty Brownie” recipe on thrillist.com.