marbled cream cheese brownies
These brownies were based on the Martha Stewart Everyday Food recipe. I changed it to suit my tastes - and boy are they delicious. Also, very pretty.
ingredients:
8 Tablespoons (1 stick) butter
8 ounces bittersweet chocolate
1-1/4 cups sugar
3 large eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup flour
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 ounces cream cheese
2 Tablespoons butter
1/4 cup sugar
1 large egg
2 Tablespoons flour
1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a 9 inch square baking pan - or line it with buttered parchment paper.
Place butter and chocolate in a heat proof bowl OVER a saucepan of boiling water. Essentially, you are making your own double boiler, if you do not have one. Stir the butter and chocolate until fully melted. Be very careful, this is hot and dangerous. Once smooth, set aside and let cool.
In a separate bowl, start the cream cheese mixture. It is helpful if these ingredients are at room temperature. Whisk 4 ounces of cream cheese with the 2 Tablespoons of butter. Add the 1/4 cup sugar, 1 large egg and 2 Tablespoons of flour. Stir in the mini chocolate chips and set aside.
Now go back to the melted chocolate. Add the sugar to the chocolate mixture and mix to combine. Then add the eggs, and the vanilla. In a another small bowl, whisk flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt. (I know, I know, back and forth, but it’s worth it, let me tell you.) Now add that flour mixture to the chocolate mixture until moist, don’t overmix.
Pour 3/4 of the batter into the prepared pan. Then pour the cream cheese mixture over that. Add the rest of the batter and swirl using a knife. Bake until a toothpick comes out with a few crumbs attached - 50 to 60 minutes. I gotta say, I like my brownies a little drier so I bake it longer, just watch out - the color of the cream cheese will change to a tan, and if that doesn’t bother you, then go for it. It still tastes delicious no matter what.
I made these as a gift and put them in a glass container. They swirls look lovely peeking out from behind the glass as if to say…EAT ME!
on 10 May 2007 at 5:21 am 1.Kim said …
I made these last night. Wow! Definitely worth the effort!
Hubby who claims not to like brownies just took a little chunk and went back for more. He said “Why didn’t you tell me these were so good?”.
I made one minor alteration: I didn’t use a whole stick of butter. I just couldn’t. I used half and they were still great!
Thanks for the awesome recipe