Karp Family Recipes

Cheesecake Brownies

Category: Desserts, Bars/Brownies

Ingredients:

# 1/2 cup butter, melted (i used less) # 1 cup sugar (i used less) # 1 teaspoon vanilla extract # 2 eggs # 1/2 cup all-purpose flour # 1/3 cup cocoa # 1/4 teaspoon baking powder # 1/4 teaspoon salt # 1/2 cup cream cheese # 1 egg (or egg white) # 2 tablespoons sugar

Directions:

1. Stir butter, sugar, and vanilla together. 2. Add eggs and beat well. 3. Separately, mix flour, cocoa, baking powder, salt together. 4. Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture. Stir well. 5. Spread the brownie batter evenly into a prepared pan. 6. Using an electric mixer, beat together the cream cheese, egg and sugar until smooth. 7. Dollop the cream cheese mixture on top of the brownie batter. Swirl together using a knife or skewer to produce a marble effect. 8. Bake 30 minutes until knife comes out clean. 9. Cool in the pan, then cut into bars and serve.