Uncovered dish with brownies for us (9)
I believe the answer is:
ourselves
'us' is the definition.
(us refers to ourselves)
'uncovered dish with brownies' is the wordplay.
'uncovered' indicates the central letters.
'dish' becomes 'course'.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'brownies' becomes 'elves' ('elf' can be a synonym of 'brownie').
The middle letters of 'course' are 'ours'.
'ours'+'elves'='OURSELVES'
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for ourselves that I've seen before include "See 16" , "Emphatically us" , "We or us personally" , "Us, reflexively" .)