Orange Cheesecake Brownies
- an 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon finely grated fresh orange zest
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 3/4 stick (6 tablespoons) unsalted butter, cut into pieces
- 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
- 2 ounces fine-quality bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened), chopped
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 large eggs
- 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- and butter and flour a 9-inch square baking pan, knocking out excess flour.
- In a bowl stir together cream cheese, sugar, and zest with a wooden spoon until smooth.
- Beat in egg with a fork until blended and stir in flour.
- In a heavy 1 1/2-quart saucepan melt butter and chocolate over low heat, stirring, until smooth and remove pan from heat.
- Cool mixture 10 minutes and stir in sugar and vanilla.
- Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well with a wooden spoon until mixture is glossy and smooth.
- Stir in flour and salt until just combined.
- Spread chocolate batter evenly in pan.
- Drop cheesecake batter by large spoonfuls onto chocolate batter and run a knife through batters to make decorative swirls.
- Bake brownies in middle of oven 50 minutes, or until cheesecake mixture is pale golden and a tester comes out clean.
- Cool brownies completely in pan on a rack before cutting into 16 squares.
- Brownies keep, layered between sheets of wax paper in an airtight container and chilled, 5 days.
- Brownies may be eaten chilled or at room temperature.
cream cheese, sugar, orange zest, egg, flour, unsalted butter, chocolate, bittersweet chocolate, sugar, vanilla, eggs, allpurpose, salt
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/orange-cheesecake-brownies-13633 (may not work)