Cheesecake Swirl Brownies

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recipe by Good Housekeeping https://goodhousekeeping.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    1hr 5mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    24
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    217
based on 11 ratings

A ribbon of creamy almond cheesecake winds its way through the middle of these super-chocolatey brownies.

Inspired by: http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/

recipe updated 14 Oct 2020

Ingredients

  • Plain flour icon
    Plain flour
    160 g
  • Baking powder icon
    Baking powder
    ¾ teaspoon
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    ½ teaspoon
  • Semisweet chocolate icon
    Semisweet chocolate
    115 g
  • Unsweetened chocolate icon
    Unsweetened chocolate
    115 g
  • Unsalted butter icon
    Unsalted butter
    115 g
  • Sugar icon
    Sugar
    410 g
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    5
  • Vanilla extract icon
    Vanilla extract
    2 ½ teaspoons
  • Cream cheese icon
    Cream cheese
    340 g
  • Almond extract icon
    Almond extract
    ¾ teaspoon

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Whisk
  • kCook icon Wooden spoon
  • kCook icon Stove
  • kCook icon Saucepan
  • kCook icon Baking pan - 13 x 9"
  • kCook icon Small bowl
  • kCook icon Large mixing bowl
  • kCook icon Small bowl

Step preview

  1. Pre-heat oven - 175°C
  2. Line a clean baking pan with foil
  3. Grease
  4. Add plain flour, baking powder and salt to a clean small bowl
  5. Whisk briefly then set aside
  6. Add semisweet chocolate, unsweetened chocolate and unsalted butter to a clean saucepan
  7. Melt while stirring occasionally - low heat
  8. Get a clean large mixing bowl
  9. Transfer chocolate mixture to large mixing bowl
  10. Add sugar to the chocolate mixture
  11. Beat until combined
  12. Add egg to the chocolate mixture one by one while mixing
  13. Add vanilla extract to the chocolate mixture
  14. Beat until well blended
  15. Transfer dry ingredients to chocolate mixture
  16. Mix until just blended
  17. Add cream cheese to a clean small bowl
  18. Beat until smooth
  19. Add sugar, egg, vanilla extract and almond extract to the mixture
  20. Beat until combined
  21. Transfer chocolate mixture to baking pan
  22. Swirl mixture into brownies
  23. Bake until skewer tests clean - 35 min, 175°C
  24. Let cool
  25. Slice into squares
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