"get down and dirty quick cookie recipe" from a friend at work--
get a bag of rolo candies. make the kids unwrap them while you take i box of devil's food cakemix and put it in a bowl. add two eggs, and about 1/3 -1/2 cup oil. heat up your oven to 350.
flatten a lump of the resulting dough in your hand, wrap it around a rolo (if the kids left any) , and put it on a cookie sheet. when/if you have enough left to fill the sheet, put it in the oven for about 8 minutes. take out the cookie sheet, and let them cool for a little while. use a thin spatula or pancake turner to get them off the sheet, and serve them up. they are rich and chewy, and have that lovely chocolatey carmel center. they aren't brownies--but hey--it's chocolate! (i'm going to try it without the rolos, just to see if it will work for that, too. i think if i flatten it just a little, and bake it, it will be more brownie-like...and maybe a few chocolate chips for good measure in the dough, too... ) it's a rainy day. time to experiment!!