Bake This Now: Cream Cheese Brownies
- 1/2 pound plus 2 tablepsoons unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing
- 7 ounces bittersweet chocolate, broken into pieces
- 6 tablespoons freshly made strong espresso
- Generous 1 cup superfine sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- A pinch of salt
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2/3 cup cream cheese
- 1 cup superfine sugar
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an eight-inch square pan with extra butter, and line it with parchment paper.
- Melt the butter and the chocolate in a large heatproof bowl over a pan of gently simmering water, stirring occasionally (the bowl should not touch the water).
- Remove the bowl from the heat and cool slightly.
- Stir the sugar, vanilla and salt into the butter-chocolate mixture, then whisk in the eggs, using a wooden spoon or electric hand mixer, and beat until smooth.
- Stir in the coffee, then sift in the flour and carry on beating until glossy.
- Set aside.
- For the marbling mixture, in a bowl beat the cream cheese until smooth, then stir in the sugar, egg and vanilla.
- Spoon the first, dark mixture into the prepared pan, then add the cheese marbling mixture and use a knife to cut through to create a marbled effect.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes.
- You may need to cover the pan with foil for the last 10 minutes of cooking.
- Allow to cool in the pan, then cut into squares.
butter, bittersweet chocolate, espresso, generous, vanilla, salt, eggs, flour, cream cheese, sugar, egg, vanilla
Taken from www.foodrepublic.com/recipes/bake-this-now-cream-cheese-brownies/ (may not work)