I just got back from my usual summertime stop at the fro yo joint. I’m feeling much more energized after a generous helping of frozen yogurt topped with candy and more candy, so bear with me as I talk about the pookie.
Yes, the pookie. As in, a pie/cookie hybrid. Please. Don’t tell me you’ve never had one!
Pookies are the best. They’re thicker than those big cookie cakes you get at the grocery store that always look amazing because duh, they’re giant cookies. You know, the ones that are typically covered in brightly-colored frosting?
Whoops, sidetracked as usual. The pookie has more depth. Think of it as a deep-dish cookie. Now that’s a dessert I can wrap my mind around! Oh, and my mouth, too.
This particular pookie is filled with chocolate chunks. I could’ve gone the chocolate chip route, but this time, I needed something more filling. Now that it’s summer I’m moving around more, and my metabolism is chugging away, and it’s speaking to me. Literally, I hear voices saying, “Come on, Mir. Stop with the chocolate chips already. I ran around all day and you can’t give me something better?”
So I obliged the voice and made the pookie with giant chocolate chunks. And I was rewarded with a gooey, fabulous result. It’s important to bake the pookie fully, but not to overbake it. You don’t want dry pookie! Dry pookie is just a darn shame.
You can leave this undecorated or gussy it up a bit. I used one of my favorite tricks, which is to pipe hot fudge sauce on the surface in fun patterns. Hot fudge sauce is delicious on almost anything, and if you want to go completely nuts, you could have your pookie a la mode! That’s right. Get some vanilla ice cream in there.
Okay, I’m kind of in a sugar coma from all the fro yo. So here’s the pookie recipe. Get gooey!
Ingredients:
Instructions:
Preheat the oven to 350. Coat a pie pan or a 9 to 10-inch round cake pan with cooking spray. If you’re using a cake pan, cut parchment paper to fit the bottom for easy release.
My grandmothers were both bakers. Really amazing ones. But they would look at the stuff I bake and raise an eyebrow because treats have changed over time. I don’t think they were making peanut butter Oreo bars back in the day.
In fact, my eastern European grandmother (or Baba, as I called her) only made chocolate chip cookies for us as a concession to her grandchildren’s tastes. The rest of her baked goods were much more in line with her own upbringing.
Sometimes I just need to bake cute, ya know?
Whenever I see a gorgeous woman, I might feel a twinge of envy. Okay, more than a twinge. But then I remember that being cute has a much longer shelf life than being pretty. Or at least, I hope it does.
Besides, people like cuteness everywhere. I saw a chocolate-covered Oreo shaped like a flower last week and I just had to have it. I mean, I always want a chocolate-covered Oreo, but when you put it into a flower chocolate mold that looks like a daisy, hot damn. That’s one adorable treat. So I figure I should bake cute whenever I can.
Butterscotch is like hair dye. I don’t think about it that often, but when I do, I’m so glad it’s there.
My dark hair has been graying for a few years now, and my approach to that is to dye my hair increasingly fun shades of whatever. Right now it’s kind of cherry cola red, but I really wanted to go blue for winter. Kenny vetoed that choice, but the game isn’t over yet. There’s always next winter!
But now it’s summer, and for some reason, I always think of butterscotch when things heat up. One of the best combos ever is butterscotch and oatmeal. These oatmeal scotchies are the perfect lazy day snack!
Oh, my! This looks like heaven on a plate! Pinned!
Thanks, Blair! Anything with chocolate, right?
I’m dying for this! That fudgy gooey chocolatey center is calling my name!
Ha. Thanks, Dorothy! Gooey chocolate is the best!
Loving how this must taste but also loving the lovely design on this!
Thanks so much, Pamela! I tried to have some fun with squiggles. 🙂
Pookie! Yes! One of my favorite ways to eat cookies!
There should be a club. Pookies forever!
OMG !!!
This is AWESOME
Heavenly treat
I’m saving this recipe, Must make it soon! 🙂
Thanks, Winnie! Let me know how it turns out!