Cream Cheese Brownies
Part moist and delicious brownies, part cheesecake. An easy chocolate dessert recipe I think you will love.
Equipment
- 13"x9"x2" baking pan
Ingredients
For the Brownies:
- 4 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate
- 1 cup butter, or margarine
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 4 eggs, large
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup nuts, coarsely chopped
For the Cream Cheese Filling:
- 16 ounces cream cheese, softened (2 - 8 ounce packages)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 egg
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 350°F. Grease the bottom and sides of a rectangular pan, 13x9x2 inches, with shortening or non-stick spray.
- Melt the chocolate and butter in a 1-quart saucepan over low heat, stirring frequently. Let it cool.
- Beat the cream cheese filling ingredients together until smooth and set aside.
- Beat together the cooled chocolate mixture, sugar, vanilla and eggs in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed for 1 minute, scraping the bowl occasionally.
- Beat in the flour and salt on low speed for 30 seconds, scraping the bowl occasionally. Beat on medium speed for 1 minute. Stir in the nuts. Spread half of the batter (2 1/2 cups) in the pan. Spread the cheesecake filling over the batter. Carefully spread the remaining brownie batter over the cream cheese filling.
- You can bake it as is or create the pretty design you see in the picture. To do that, take a butter knife and insert it into the layers of batter. Swirl the knife a bit so that the batters mix just a bit into a swirl pattern as in the image.
- Bake in an oven preheated to 350°F for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool the cheesecake brownies in the pan on a wire rack.
- Makes 9 to 16 brownies.
Nutrition
Calories: 486kcalCarbohydrates: 47gProtein: 7gFat: 32gSaturated Fat: 16gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 115mgSodium: 294mgPotassium: 170mgFiber: 2gSugar: 34gVitamin A: 831IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 56mgIron: 2mg
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