Cream Cheese Brownies

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 4 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1 egg yolk, at room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 5 tablespoons sweet butter
• 5 ounces semisweet chocolate or 5 ounces bittersweet chocolate
• 2 eggs, at room temperature
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2-1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup coarsely chopped nuts

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 325°f.
• 2 lightly grease a square 8x8-inch pan.
• 3 to make the cream cheese layer, put the cream cheese in a mixer bowl and mix with the paddle attachment until it's smooth.
• 4 add the rest of the cream cheese layer ingredients, beating well and scraping down and of the batter that dares try to escape up the sides of the bowl.
• 5 to make the brownie layer, melt the butter and the chocolate together until smoothly melted.
• 6 put aside and let come to room temperature.
• 7 be patient, it's worth it.
• 8 in a separate bowl from the cream cheese mixture, mix the eggs and the sugar until it's thick and a gorgeous lemon color.
• 9 add the chocolate mixture and mix well until combined.
• 10 again, scrape down the sides of the bowl.
• 11 add the flour, vanilla, baking powder, salt and the chocolate chips, mix well until combined.
• 12 pour half the chocolate mixture into the prepared pan.
• 13 dollop the cream cheese mixture over that.
• 14 don't worry if it doesn't cover the chocolate. it won't.
• 15 add the remaining chocolate mixture.
• 16 take a knife and gently draw it through the batters, from left to right and from top to bottom, making a checkerboard pattern.
• 17 don't allow the mixtures to combine, be careful.
• 18 sprinkle with the nuts.
• 19 bake in the oven until the sides, but not the tops, begin to brown, about 25 to 30 minutes.
• 20 don't wait until a tester comes out clean, if you do then you have overbaked and basically murdered the brownies.
• 21 set aside to cool for about 10 minutes, cut into 12 or 16 brownies, cover and refrigerate.