Cheesecake Brownies
Cheesecake Brownies take your traditional brownies to the next level. Enjoy the indulgent combination of a brownie with a cheesecake topping.
Ingredients
- 1 box brownie mix and ingredients typically vegetable oil water, and eggs
- 8 ounces package cream cheese softened
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 egg
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325°F. Line an 8x8 square baking dish with parchment paper and set it aside.
- Mix up brownie mix according to package instructions. Reserve ½ cup brownie mix and pour the remaining batter into the prepared baking dish.
- Beat together cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla extract until smooth.
- Beat in egg gently.
- Drop scoops of cream cheese mixture onto the brownie batter.
- Mix a tablespoon of water into the reserved brownie batter to thin it out just a bit. Drop this remaining brownie batter over the top of the batter in the baking dish, between the scoops of cream cheese mixture.
- Use a knife or spatula to gently swirl the cream cheese mixture and brownie batter.
- Bake until a toothpick inserted into the brownies comes out with just a few crumbs on it (approximately 50 to 55 minutes).
- Allow brownies to cool completely before cutting into them.
Notes
PRO TIP: Make sure your cream cheese is at room temperature so that you don't end up with lumps in your cheesecake mixture.
PRO TIP: A wooden skewer also works really well when swirling the batter together.
PRO TIP: If you try to cut your brownies before they are cooled enough, you won’t get clean cuts. Try to resist sampling until they are cool.