Friday, March 25, 2011

Weekend Calorie Splurge: If Brownies and Cheesecake had a Baby....

I'd happily be serving 25 years for kidnapping.

OK, let's do this:

Cheesecake Brownies
makes 16 brownies
prep time 15 min, bake time 45 min

For the brownie part:
1/2 c (1 stick) butter, cut into small pieces
12 oz. semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1/2 t vanilla
2/3 c all purpose flour
pinch of salt 

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For the cheesecake part:
8 oz cream cheese
1/3 c sugar
1 large egg yolk
1/2 t vanilla

Place the cream cheese in a small oven proof container.  Put it in a cold oven and turn the oven to 325ºF.  The cream cheese will gently soften as the oven preheats.

Melt the chocolate and butter in a double boiler, stirring frequently.  Once it's smooth, remove from the heat and stir in the sugar, eggs, vanilla, salt and then the flour.  Pour into a greased 8"X8" baking pan.

Next, mix the softened cream cheese with the remaining ingredients.  Pour the cheesecake mixture over the brownie mixture.  Drag a chopstick back and forth across the whole mess until you get a nice marbled look.




Bake for 45-50 min, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

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