A little bit of everything all rolled into one

Some people read Time Out New York for the articles (very few. The articles are atrocious.)  Some read it to find out what's happening in this amazing city each week. Some read it to find out about the sample sales. And some read it for the G&L parties.
The cjaps? We read it for the openings of new bakeries and restaurant openings.

A few weeks, ago, we were reading our TONY, and when I turned the page a picture so stunning I couldn't take my eyes off hit the page - it was a BRookie.  A BROWNIE baked INSIDE a COOKIE.

Yes. It's true. We didn't believe it either.  We had heard about Baked's amazing brownies. We've tried their brownies (admittedly, pre-packaged, sold at the Dean and Deluca down in Soho.)  Baked is located at 359 Van Brunt Street in Red Hook. Red Hook is one of those parts of Brooklyn which is fairly impossible to get to by public transportation, but pretty cool when you actually make it there. We rode our bikes there over the weekend (only 6 miles from midtown!) and felt like we weren't in the city anymore.  As we rode down Van Brunt street, cute little restaurants and antique shops popped up, and when we got to 359, the small of baked goods filled the sidewalk.

Inside, Baked is a cozy shop where you can sit, enjoy a cup of espresso, and eat one of the greatest chocolate confections in Brooklyn.  Since 2005, Baked has been baking amazing, unique treats daily.  They make cookies ranging from chocolate chip, to chocolate cloud (chocolate upon chocolate upon chocolate), and whoopie pies. Their brownies can be bought as the basic chocolate variety, or contain chiles and cinnamon or caramel and fleur de sel.  But sitting on the counter in a glass dome, sat....the brookie.

It was smaller than I thought it was, and when I handed the girl $5 and only received a $1 bill in return, I thought I was back in Manhattan.  $4 for this little brownie/cookie combo?
We sat in the little window seat, got comfortable and dug in.
The brookie was worth the $4 and then some.  The brownie served as the shell, and was hard enough to hold the cookie but soft enough that it melted with each bite.  The cookie was baked into the middle, soft as butter and full of chocolate chips.  It was interesting, but the tastes merged in my mouth perfectly and the brookie was sweet enough that my sweet tooth was filled for the rest of the day (which is not typical for us!)

We wanted to try the caramel brownie as well, but the brookie was so filling that we decided to venture back on another occasion and try it then.  You can make the trip to Red Hook, stop by a Dean and Deluca I've only seen them at the D&D in Soho and on the UES) for most of the brownies, or you can order from their website at www.bakednyc.com