Black Bottom Squares

A great combo bar cookie - cake

• Ready In: 45 mins
• Yields: 1 9x13 pan

Ingredients

• TOPPING

• 8  ounces cream cheese, room temperature
• 1  large egg, room temperature
• 1⁄3 cup sugar
• 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
• 6  ounces chocolate chips

• BASE

• 10  ounces flour
• 8 3⁄4 ounces sugar
• 2  ounces  unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 3 1⁄2 ounces  vegetable oil (canola)
• 1⁄2 ounce white vinegar
• 1 1⁄4 cups water
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla

Directions

1. Grease a 9 x 13 cake pan and preheat oven to 350.
2. Topping: Mix cream cheese, sugar and salt in a mixer with paddle attachment.
3. Add egg and beat until fluffy.
4. Stir in chocolate chips.
5. Remove to a bowl and clean mixer.
6. Base: Sift dry ingredients together and put in mixer bowl.
7. Mix liquid ingredients together, add to mixer and beat until fully incorporated.
8. Assembly: spread base into cake pan until level.
9. Drop teaspoonsfull of topping uniformly over base.
10. Swirl topping into base with a knife.
11. Bake about 20-30 minutes until a tester comes out clean.
12. When testing doneness, make sure you test in a place where there are no chocolate chips.
13. Cool and cut into squares.