Cream Cheese Brownies

  This summer seems really hot, congenial for weeds but a lot of work in the yard.  I wish it were flowering weeds than the terrible other kind that received me home from my vacation. If so, my yard would then have been a flower haven.  I don't know if I am making sense, the thing is there is too much weeds and I am afraid my neighbors are looking down with disdain.  Not for long though, with the help (sometimes, but otherwise a bother) of my kids we are getting them down.  However, involving means I have to bribe them.  I am sure you will agree.  But who is complaining, this pushes me to make sweet treats which I enjoy eating as well as sharing with you. Today I am following the recipe from "the joy of baking" site.  I follower her to the T this time, though I generally improvise and give my own twist.  My brains were too fried after all that sun to put in any more effort.  The brownies were delicious and I recommend this recipe highly.  Thank you 'Joy of Baking.'



Ingredients:

For the Brownie layer:

Unsalted Butter- 1/2 cup
Unsweetened chocolate- 4 ounces
Granulated white sugar- 1 cup
Pure vanilla extract- 1 tsp
Eggs- 2
Flour- 1/2 cup
Salt- 1/4 tsp

For the Cream cheese layer:

Cream cheese- 8 ounces
Granulated white sugar- 1/3 cup
Pure vanilla extract- 1 tsp
Egg- 1



Method:

1.Melt the butter and chocolate together in a microwave oven, stopping and stirring every 30 seconds or so.Mix well with a wooden spoon.
2.Add the sugar and vanilla extract, mix well.
3.Add the eggs one at a time and stir well with the wooden spoon.
4.Now add the flour and salt and mix with the spoon till the batter becomes smooth.
5.Line a baking pan (9 by 9 square or 9 by 2 round) with aluminium foil.
6.Pour this batter into the pan after saving about 1/3 cup of the batter.
7.Process the cream cheese until smooth using your hand mixer or food processor.
8.Add sugar and mix well followed by egg and vanilla extract.Mix again.
9.Spoon this over the brownie layer and even out the top.
10.Spoon out the left over brownie batter oven this to get a marble effect.
11.Bake for about 25 minutes in a preheated oven at 325 degree F.
12.cool on a wire rack and chill in the refrigerator for at least a couple of hours before cutting into pieces.
13.The cake is quite sticky, so you may have to wipe your knife quite often to get clean pieces.



Recipe courtesy: Joy of baking