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Cream Cheese Brownies

These are my favorite kind of brownies. I like chocolate, but I’m not into the serious fudgy-chocolate kind of stuff. With these brownies I can pick out the ones with more cream cheese and leave the more chocolaty ones for someone else (like my mom).

Recipe information

  • Yield

    makes one 9 by 13-inch pan

Ingredients

Brownies

4 ounces unsweetened chocolate
3/4 cup butter
2 cups sugar
1 cup flour
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla

Cream cheese

8 ounces cream cheese
1/3 cup sugar
1 egg
2 tablespoons flour

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    To prepare the brownies: Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a 9 by 13-inch pan.

    Step 2

    Place the chocolate and butter in a microwave-safe bowl and cook on high for 2 minutes, or until completely melted. Stir in the sugar until well combined. Add the flour, eggs, and vanilla and stir until combined. Spread the mixture into the baking pan.

    Step 3

    To prepare the cream cheese: Place the cream cheese in a bowl and, using an electric mixer on medium speed, whip the cream cheese until smooth. Add the sugar, egg, and flour and mix until smooth.

    Step 4

    Drop spoonfuls of the cream cheese batter on top of the chocolate and swirl it into the chocolate by running a knife back and forth across the pan. Bake the brownies for 35 minutes, or until the cream cheese is light brown. Cool completely before cutting.

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