Cheesecake Brownies!

If you tuned into our episode of The French Roast on Instagram Live. Our team member, Montana, and owner, Camryn, made these delicious treats. This recipe was provided by Creations by Cara.

Ingredients needed for filling:

• cream cheese (Make sure it’s softened to room temperature so you don’t have any lumps. I don’t recommend light cream cheese for this recipe, it doesn’t set up as well.)
• granulated sugar (regular table sugar)
• egg (helps the cream cheese layer set up)
• vanilla extract

Ingredients needed for brownies

• butter (I use regular salted butter in all of my baking.)
• granulated sugar
• unsweetened cocoa powder (I use regular Hershey’s cocoa powder most of the time.)
• vanilla extract
• eggs (I use large eggs in all of my baking.)
• all purpose flour (I use unbleached, but that’s a matter of preference.)
• salt
• semi sweet chocolate chips (makes the brownies extra decadent)

Mix the filling ingredients together in a small bowl, and mix the brownie batter in a large bowl. After that, it’s time to prepare them for baking.

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TIPS FOR MAKING THE BROWNIE SWIRL

I think the key to perfect marbled cheesecake brownies is to reserve a little of the batter to dollop on top of the filling.

It works much better than just trying to swirl the batter up from the bottom.

After you add the spoonfuls of brownie batter to the top, use a butter knife or spoon handle to lightly swirl the brownie batter and cheesecake filling together. 

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