Cream Cheese Brownies

Cream Cheese Brownies

Prep: 10 minutes

Yields 24 brownies from a 9×13 pan

Pre-heat oven to 350ᵒ

Brownie Mixture

4 eggs

2 cups sugar

1 cup melted butter

½ tsp salt

1 tsp vanilla

¾ cup cocoa powder (Dutch process recommended)

1 shy cup flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 cup bittersweet chocolate chips

Cream Cheese Filling

8 oz. room temperature cream cheese

1 egg yolk

½ cup sugar

Line a 9×13 pan with parchment paper, set aside.  In a large mixing bowl, combine all ingredients in brownie mixture (in order of appearance) until they are just mixed together.  Spoon batter into parchment-lined pan.  In a separate mixing bowl, mix cream cheese, yolk, and sugar.  Once cream cheese is smooth with no lumps, spoon it into 12 even dollops all over your brownies.  Using a butter knife, drag through each dollop of cream cheese to begin to make swirls.  After your swirls are to your liking, place pan in the oven for 15 minutes, rotate the pan, and bake for 3-5 more minutes.  These brownies cook quickly in a 9×13 pan.  Carefully watch toward the end to make sure they don’t over-bake.  There should be a slight amount of give in the center when fully baked.