This recipe was developed out of boredom with plain ole brownies. Not that there’s anything wrong with a good brownie! I’ll never turn away from one especially if served with a dab of ice cream. But on this particular day I needed to bake something to bring to a pot-luck get-together, and since brownies are always a popular choice, I decided to dress these up with the addition of a cheesecake swirl using cream cheese and some raspberry jam. They turned out to be very moist and chewy, and somewhat decadent .
RASPBERRY CREAM-CHEESE BROWNIES
Servings; 16 brownie squares
FILLING INGREDIENTS
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 4 0z. 1/3 -less- fat cream cheese, softened
- 2 teaspoons flour
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 large egg
BROWNIE INGREDIENTS
- cooking spray
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup sugar
- 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 1 Tablespoon water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 3 Tablespoons raspberry preserves
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray bottom only of an 8 inch square baking pan.
- To prepare filling, place filling ingredients in a medium mixer bowl; beat at medium speed until well blended. Set aside.
- To prepare brownies, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl and whisk together lightly. Combine sugar, cocoa, melted butter, water, vanilla, and eggs, and stir well with a whisk. Add the flour mixture, stirring just until moist.
- Pour/spread two-thirds of batter into prepared pan. Pour filling over batter, spreading evenly. Carefully drop the remaining batter and preserves by spoonfuls over filling; swirl together using the tip of a knife to marble.
Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out almost clean. Cool on a wire rack.
SOURCE: This is the fusion of two recipes from Better Homes and Gardens The Complete Book of Baking
My mouth just started to water. Cream cheese and raspberry jam are definitely on the grocery list for this week.
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They are pretty awesome!
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