Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Brownies

Ingredients (19)

• BROWNIE LAYER:
• 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate,
• 1 cup (2 sticks) salted butter,
• 2 cups packed light brown sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup miniature chocolate chips
• COOKIE DOUGH LAYER (see NOTES below):
• 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) salted butter,
• 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
• 3/4 cup granulated white sugar
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1½ cups all purpose flour
• 1½ cups miniature chocolate chips
• TOPPING (optional):
• 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 teaspoon shortening