Cream Cheese Brownies
- 23 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
- 14 teaspoon table salt
- 12 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate
- 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate or 4 ounces semisweet chocolate
- 12 cup unsalted butter (8 ounces)
- 1 14 cups granulated sugar
- 2 12 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 large eggs
- 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 egg yolk
- Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position, and preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Whisk flour, salt, and baking powder in a small bowl; set aside.
- Coat an 8-inch-square baking pan with cooking spray, and, fit an 8-by-16-inch sheet of aluminum foil in bottom of pan.
- (Foil overhangs both sides of the pan; use as handles to remove baked brownies from pan.)
- Coat foil with cooking spray.
- In a medium heat-proof bowl set over a pan of almost simmering water, melt chocolate and butter, stirring occasionally until mixture is smooth.
- (Alternatively, melt chocolate and butter in microwave oven.)
- Remove melted chocolate mixture from heat; whisk in 1 cup sugar and 2 teaspoons vanilla; then whisk in 3 eggs, one at a time, fully incorporating each before adding the next.
- Continue whisking until mixture is completely smooth.
- Add dry ingredients; whisk until just incorporated.
- In a small bowl, beat cream cheese with remaining 1/4 cup sugar, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, and egg yolk until of even consistency.
- Pour half the brownie batter into prepared pan.
- Drop half the cream cheese mixture, by spoonfuls, over batter.
- Repeat layering and swirling with remaining brownie batter and cream cheese filling.
- Use blade of a table knife or a spoon handle to gently swirl batter and cream cheese filling, creating a marbled effect.
- Bake until edges of brownies have puffed slightly, center feels not quite firm when touched lightly, and a toothpick or cake tester inserted into center comes out with several moist, fudgy crumbs adhering to it, 50 to 60 minutes.
- Cool brownies in pan on a wire rack for 5 minutes.
- Use foil sling handles to lift brownies from pan.
- Place brownies on wire rack; allow them to cool to room temperature.
- Refrigerate until chilled, at least 3 hours.
- (To hasten cooling, place brownies in the freezer for about 1 1/2 hours.)
- Cut into squares and serve.
- (Do not cut brownies until ready to serve.
- Whole bar can be wrapped in plastic wrap, then foil, and refrigerated up to 5 days.
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flour, salt, baking powder, chocolate, bittersweet chocolate, unsalted butter, sugar, vanilla, eggs, cream cheese, egg yolk
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/cream-cheese-brownies-180532 (may not work)