Cheesecake Brownies
'Adapted from a wonderful recipe by Chef in training'
Ingredients:
Brownies
1 cup quality sunflower margerine; softened
1/2 cup honey
4 eggs
1½ teaspoons vanilla
½ cup cocoa
1½ cups; flour
¼ teaspoon salt
Cheesecake:
225g (8ozs) low fat cream cheese, softened
1¼ cups sugar
1 egg
1 Teaspoon vanilla
1 cup cranberries, finely chopped in a food processor
Chocolate drizzles:
¾ cup chocolate chips, melted
¾ cup white chocolate chip, melted
Instructions:
Cream the butter and sugar together. Add eggs and vanilla and blend well
Add the salt, cocoa and flour and stir to combine
In a medium bowl mix the cream cheese, and sugar and beat until smooth, then add the egg, beating until smooth and creamy
Add vanilla and cranberries. Mix well
Pour half the brownie batter in the greased pan
Add all of the cream cheese mixture over the brownie batter
Add the remaining brownie batter over cream cheese mixture and swirl with a knife
Bake at 180c (350f) for about 30 minutes
Test with a knife to see if it comes out clean
When done, remove from oven and let cool completely
Melt chocolates separately either in a microwave or over a pan of warm water until chocolate is smooth and melted
Drizzle chocolate over cooled brownies
This cheesecake brownie is sure to delight my taste buds.
Can you include the sugar, butter and cream cheese just this one time?
Awww thanks Tim. Yes you can include the butter, sugar and cream cheese... just this once!
If ever we're feeling down, eating something we enjoy can have a positive effect on our mental health.
I'm with Tim on this. As a bit of a chocoholic, I'd stick with the full fat and enjoy the brownies with a large mug of coffee, but not that often!
Yes it's allowed as long as it doesn't become our staple diet! As they say, a little bit of what we fancy does us the world of good.