“Oh Nicole I had the most amazing dessert on Christmas day!”
I braced myself. This had been exclaimed by the friend who returned from the culinary fiesta that is Spain extolling the virtues of cola mixed with red wine and beans cooked with bacon.
“Prostitute brownies!”
Hang on a minute…
“Well, really they are called Slutty Brownies but we didn’t want to call them that in front of the children.”
Because being paid for sex is much more appropriate to discuss in front of children…. I digress.
Five minutes on Google revealed that a Slutty Brownie* is a choc chip cookie base and brownie top encasing Oreo cookies. This was two Christmas’ ago and I have since made these a couple of times; enjoying the transition from confusion to astonishment on friends’ faces as they take the first bite.
Then I got thinking, I could take these to the next level with Tim Tams… but let’s go the full Aussie and bring in the Anzac biscuit. Of course this needs a new name. As awful as it is, a ‘slut’ in Aussie slang is a ‘town bike’ – everyone has a ride. Ahh Australia, all class. Until we started adopting a lot of American words in this country, we called cookies ‘biscuits.’ Being Australian, we needed a slang word for it, hence ‘bickies.’
A quick bit of background for my OS readers:
Tim Tams are Australia’s favourite biscuit. Composed of two layers of chocolate malted biscuit with a cream filling in the centre and coated with chocolate. They come in different flavours and are pretty rocking.
Anzac biscuits were sent to our soldiers during World War One. The term ‘Anzac’ is protected under Australian law and to call a biscuit an Anzac biscuit you must stick to the original recipe of rolled oats, flour, desiccated coconut, sugar, butter and baking soda. Yep, we use terms like ‘town bike- everyone gets a ride’ and regulate our biscuit recipes. Welcome to the land down under.
Back to the #foodporn. Oaty caramelly biscuits with a chocolate coated malty biscuit on top and covered in a layer of fudgy gooey brownie. If you are offended by the name just call them “oaty caramelly chocolatey malty gooey brownie things,” just make sure you whip up a batch š
These are remarkably quick and easy to make and the majority of the ingredients for the Anzac biscuit layer are the same as in the brownie layer. I used recipes from two very talented women to create this beast. The Anzac recipe is a fairly traditional one from Sandra at The $120 Food Challenge and the brownie recipe is a variation on Nigella Lawson’s everyday brownie.
Best made the day ahead, these can be whipped up from go to whoa in forty minutes if you want oozy foodporn brownies, forty-five if you want them neat and sliceable. We both know which I think you should go for.
Take them to a BBQ where after a few cordials their name is the funniest thing in the world.
Can you feel your arteries clogging? š
*I want to add a little history here. The original ‘Slutty Brownie’ was actually called the Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie nā Oreo Fudge Brownie Bar and was created by a wonderful blog called Kevin and Amanda. A few months after they published their recipe The Londoner published it without linking back (tsk tsk) and gave it a very catchy name. The internet went wild and she became known as the creator of the Slutty Brownie, when really she is just the namer. Please check out Kevin and Amanda for amazing recipes, great camera tutorials and some seriously wanderlust-inspiring travel posts.
Also, I don’t want you to be offended by my naming. It is tongue-in-cheek and I am not intending to be derogatory. I like to have a bit of a giggle at Aussie slang š
- 1 cup (150g) plain flour
- 1 cup (90g) rolled oats
- 1 cup (85g) dessicated coconut
- 3/4 cup (155g) brown sugar
- 125g butter
- 2 Tbsp golden syrup
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
- One packet of Tim Tams (I used peanut butter. Because peanut butter!)
- 150g unsalted butter
- 300g light brown sugar
- 75g cocoa powder
- 150g plain flour
- pinch of salt
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
- 4 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla essence or extract
- 100g white chocolate
- Preheat oven to 190C/375F
- Line a deep baking tray well with aluminium foil (mine was about 20cm x 30cm)
- Stir together flour, rolled oats, sugar and coconut in a large bowl.
- Melt butter and stir in golden syrup and bicarbonate of soda.
- Make a well in the middle of the dry ingredients, pour in the butter mixture and mix until combined.
- Press into the base of the baking tray and bake in the oven for 10 minutes.
- Remove and allow to cool a little while you make the brownie layer
- Roughly chop the chocolate and set aside
- Sift flour, cocoa, salt and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl
- Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat then turn heat to low and stir in the sugar. Remove from heat.
- Stir in the flour and cocoa mixture until only just combined (just add it to the saucepan)
- Whisk eggs in a small bowl with vanilla essence.
- Gradually add eggs to saucepan, stirring between each addition. Make sure your pan is not too hot at this stage, you don't want to cook the eggs.
- Stir through white chocolate
- Place Tim Tams, evenly spaced over the slightly cooled Anzac biscuit base.
- Carefully and evenly pour brownie mixture over the top.
- Bake in 190C/375F oven for 20-25 minutes. 20 minutes will give you oozy foodporn brownies, 25 nice neat, easily sliced brownies- you know which one I think you should go for š
- Allow to cool in tin before removing by carefully lifting out foil and slicing (or just dig in with a spoon)
So much Australian in there, I might have to whip up a batch for Oh-straya Day! It seems almost rude not to! The photos are screen lickingly good!
Thanks Sammie. I look forward to seeing your take on them š
Love this Nicole haha I will have to try these out!
Shannon x
Oh please do and let me know what you think š
Of all the days to come across you and your fabulous recipe! Today I have started, stop devouring everything you can fatty bombar! YUMMO.
Ah you’ll be over it by Australia day. Make them up then š
That is so interesting about the londoner – I have seen comments she has left on peoples blog berating them for not properly crediting her for slutty brownies..
Anyway all that aside I freaking love Tim Tams and ANZAC biscuits so would much prefer the “Town bike” option – clever idea.
Wow, seriously? I’ve never seen her comment on anything much at all so that’s pretty bold.
These ‘bickies’ are pretty epic. I am very proud of them š
I’ll definitely have to whip a batch for Australia day – we are Dragon boat racing – so I’ll earn every bite.
Yes, yes and yes these look all kinds of delicious I’ve got a serious craving for a brownie now. Will be trying these out asap.
Oooh please do. They really are something else. Just make sure you have some willing sharers š
These have the best name ever!!! Hilarious. And they look ridiculous. Totally ridiculously amazing that is!!
Thank you. It took a bit of dodgy googling to come up with š
lol at the name- i love it! But this actually is making me wanting to reach into the screen and taste. Will def have to try it!
Haha. That’s the idea š
Slutty brownies?! Oh my goodness I want to shove these in my face now! Going to have to give this a go xx
Have you not heard of slutty brownies before? Oooh, you will love them- either the original or the Aussie version š
Ha ha – I love your aussie name for these – just perfect!
Hehe, thanks. I like to embrace our Aussie slang whenever possible š
Bloody Brilliant Mate! (It is Australia Day Weekend!)
Love the touch of Anzac, the Tims Tams, you’re all over it and my mouth is watering.
Great post Nicole xx
Aussie slang is welcome here anytime mate. The brownies are bonza. Whipping up a batch tonight with salted caramel Tim Tams… Can. Not. Wait š
Oh my god, I have such a craving for Tim Tams now! Also, these brownies! I love the name! x
Hehe, thank you š Have you tried Tim Tams?
um…..How have I not come across your blog? As a fellow Melbournian, I hang my head in shame.
I now raise it to praise you for making this epic creation. Nicole, this needs to go viral.
Cannot wait to follow on! š
Thank you š . I can’t believe I had not come across yours either.
Oh love
I need these!