Cream Cheese Brownies

Submitted by Studentchef

"I've had this recipe for a couple of years, now, but oddly enough, haven't tried it. I should though, because I love brownies, but this sounds so decadent because of the cream cheese."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 24

ingredients

• 1 1⁄4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 8 ounces semisweet chocolate
• 6 1⁄2 ounces butter
• 5 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 6 ounces cream cheese
• 2 cups sugar
• 6 eggs
• 1 cup fresh walnuts, chopped (optional)

directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 9 by 13 inch (3L) cake pan
2. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt, set aside.
3. Melt the chocolate, half the butter and half the vanilla over a double boiler or in the microwave, and let it cool to room temperature.
4. Cream the remaining butter with the cream cheese, gradually adding in 1/2 cup of the sugar. Blend in two eggs, two tablespoons flour mixture and the rest of the vanilla. Set aside.
5. In a large bowl, with an electric mixer, beat the remaining four eggs with the remaining 1 1/2 cups sugar until very light and fluffy.
6. Fold in the chocolate mixture, followed by the dry ingredients and nuts, if using.
7. Por the mixture into the pan, and spread into the corners.
8. Spoon the cream cheese mixture in long lines, then using a knife or a toothpick swirl the batters together (do not over swirl or the cream cheese brownies will become leaden and beige).
9. Bake for 30 minutes, or for fudgier brownies no more than 25 minutes. Let cool completely before slicing.

Reviews

[Brooke the Cook in]

These were wonderful! I took half of them to a BBQ and brought the other half to work - all very well received. These were easy to make - although I wasn't sure if I was suposed to use 6.5 oz butter plus 5T or how much and when? That was confusing. I only used 5 Tablespoons total. Either way, they were very fudgy and the cream cheese swirl was great. And Saturn was right, this recipe does dirty a lot of dishes!

 

[Deantini]

OH, what decadence!!! I too was somewhat confused by the butter addition and followed another reviewer and only added 6 tbsp total, devided among the chocolate and cream cheese mix. In return my cream cheese mix was a bit thin, so I added more of the flour mix. Next time I will stick to the 6 tbsp devided and then make a bit less cream cheese mix, since there was plenty. I baked for 32 min and it was still soft (could have something to do with the reduced butter), but I removed from the oven anyway because I was afraid of over-baking these yummies. Next time I will reduce the amount of sugar to 1 1/2 cups total as well since I find them on the sweet side. I omitted the nuts and with the reduced butter it cut 2000 cal out of the recipe.

 

[Sydney Mike]

Great tasting brownies, these, & as with others who've made & reviewed them, we thoroughly enjoyed the taste combo of the chocolate & cream cheese! I ALLOWED my other half to take some to share at work, but the rest of them, we'll somehow manage to devour right here at home! Definitely a keeper of a recipe! [Tagged & made in Please Review My Recipe]

 

[susie cooks]

These are excellent! I used 8 ounces of cream cheese by mistake and it was still great. I probably did not get the pretty swirl of the chocolate and cream cheese because of the extra cream cheese. But they taste amazing! The whole family really enjoyed these brownies Thanks! Great recipe.

 

[Saturn]

These taste like a beautiful marriage of cheesecake and brownie. They go together easily. But they use up a lot of dishes! It is SO worth it though! The swirls are the awesome. They have that sweet tang that only cream cheese can provide. And the chocolate part is perfect. These really are a treat. I will make these again and again, I am sure! Thanks for posting!!