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I took parts from two different brownie recipes and smooshed them together into the goodness that is cream cheese brownies. I found a good recipe for the cream cheese part, but it started "Prepare the brownie mix according to directions" and I thought, screw that. I want to make them from SCRATCH. So, I did.
1 cup butter (2 sticks)
2 c sugar
2 tsp vanilla
4 eggs
3/4 cup cocoa
1 c all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
Melt the butter, preferably in the microwave in a large bowl.
Stir in the sugar and vanilla.
Add the eggs one at a time, beating well.
Beat the cocoa in until well-blended.
Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt in a smaller bowl and add it slowly.
Set the brownie batter aside.
Cream cheese mix-- I doubled the amounts because I was using a large brownie recipe. Original amounts are half this.
6 oz cream cheese, softened
6 tbsp butter
3 tbsp sugar
1 egg (should've been two, but I forgot to double it)
2 tbsp all-purpose flour
1 tsp vanilla extract
In a medium-sized bowl beat the cream cheese and butter until smooth.
Stir in the sugar, egg, flour, and vanilla.
Grease a 13 x 9 pan and pre-heat the oven for 350.
Spread half the brownie mix over the bottom of the pan.
Spoon the cream cheese mix over it as evenly as you can.
Put the remaining brownie mix on top of that. Draw a knife or spatula through it from side to side to create the "marble" effect.
Bake it until a toothpick comes out clean (the original recipe says 35-40 minutes, and I have no idea how long it was in there). Let cool on a wire rack and cut up.
I'll edit this post as soon as I can get the pic I took to upload.
ETA:
So, it doesn't look so good, since the cream cheesey bits didn't rise as much so the top's sorta uneven. But it tastes great.
1 cup butter (2 sticks)
2 c sugar
2 tsp vanilla
4 eggs
3/4 cup cocoa
1 c all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
Melt the butter, preferably in the microwave in a large bowl.
Stir in the sugar and vanilla.
Add the eggs one at a time, beating well.
Beat the cocoa in until well-blended.
Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt in a smaller bowl and add it slowly.
Set the brownie batter aside.
Cream cheese mix-- I doubled the amounts because I was using a large brownie recipe. Original amounts are half this.
6 oz cream cheese, softened
6 tbsp butter
3 tbsp sugar
1 egg (should've been two, but I forgot to double it)
2 tbsp all-purpose flour
1 tsp vanilla extract
In a medium-sized bowl beat the cream cheese and butter until smooth.
Stir in the sugar, egg, flour, and vanilla.
Grease a 13 x 9 pan and pre-heat the oven for 350.
Spread half the brownie mix over the bottom of the pan.
Spoon the cream cheese mix over it as evenly as you can.
Put the remaining brownie mix on top of that. Draw a knife or spatula through it from side to side to create the "marble" effect.
Bake it until a toothpick comes out clean (the original recipe says 35-40 minutes, and I have no idea how long it was in there). Let cool on a wire rack and cut up.
I'll edit this post as soon as I can get the pic I took to upload.
ETA:
So, it doesn't look so good, since the cream cheesey bits didn't rise as much so the top's sorta uneven. But it tastes great.
