Cream Cheese Brownies

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 125 g dark chocolate
• 125 g unsalted butter
• 2 large eggs
• 200 g caster sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 75 g plain flour
• 1 pinch salt
• 200 g cream cheese (very cold)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180c/350f.
• 2 you will need a square metal baking tin, 23 cm x 4 cm deep, greased and lined.
• 3 melt the chocolate and butter over medium-low heat in a heavy saucepan, then remove from the heat to cool slightly.
• 4 beat the eggs lightly in a bowl with the sugar and vanilla, then beat into the cooled chocolate.
• 5 add the flour and salt and beat until smooth.
• 6 pour half the mixture into the prepared baking tin, slice the cream cheese as thinly as you can and top the brownie mixture in the tin with these slices.
• 7 pour over the remaining brownie mixture, using a rubber spatula to make sure each bit of cheese is covered.
• 8 bake for 20 minutes; the top should be slightly paled and dry, but a cake-tester poked in the center should reveal a still-sticky center.
• 9 cool for at least 10 minutes before cutting into little squares. the cooler they are, the easier they'll be to lift out.
• 10 note: the yield number depends on how big or small you cut them.