140g (1 1/4 sticks) unsalted butter
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (use some good stuff)
1/4 teaspoon salt (skip if using salted butter)
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cold large eggs
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 egg yolk
250g cream cheese
4 tablespoons sugar
splash of vanilla
Preheat the oven to 160°C (325°F). Line the bottom and sides of an 8-inch square baking pan.
Combine the butter, sugar, cocoa, and salt in a saucepan over very low heat. Stir until the butter is melted and the mixture is smooth and hot so that the sugar has started to dissolve a bit but the butter is not burning. Remove from the heat and set aside until the mixture is just slightly warm.
Stir in the vanilla, then add the eggs one at a time, stirring hard after each one. Add the flour and mix thoroughly for about 1 minute with a wooden spoon or a rubber spatula. Spread evenly in the lined pan (the batter will be very thick).
Beat egg yolk, cream cheese, 4 tablespoons sugar, vanilla until blended. Spoon ontop into approximately 8 lups. then blend in with a knife tip till swirly (try and do a better job than me).
Bake until a toothpick emerges with some moist crumbs sticking to it (but not wet with batter), 20 to 25 minutes. Cool completely on a rack, then put in the fridge!! Best served cold.
they look scrumptious!!! !!!
these are honestly thebest brownies in the world. I dream about these he he. they combine two of the most yummy things, chocolate brownie and cheesecake mmmm he he i need to try this recipe!!!