Cookies 'n' Cream Brownies

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
• 1/3 cup unsalted butter, cut into pieces
• 1/2 cup cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 large eggs
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
• 6 chocolate sandwich style cookies, chopped into chunks
• 4 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups icing sugar, sifted
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 6 chocolate sandwich style cookies, chopped into chunks

Recipe

• 1 brownies
• 2 1. preheat oven to 350 degrees f. (180 degrees c.) and butter and flour a 9-inch (2.5 l) round cake pan, knocking out excess flour.
• 3 2. in a small, heavy-bottomed saucepot, melt chocolate and butter over low heat, stirring until smooth. remove from heat. allow to cool while starting next step.
• 4 3. in a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese until soft. add sugar and cream until smooth. beat in vanilla and eggs, adding one at a time until evenly blended. stir in chocolate mixture. in a separate bowl sift together flour, baking powder, and salt and add to chocolate mixture, beating just until batter is combined. stir in chopped cookie chunks.
• 5 4. spread batter evenly in pan and bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean. allow brownies to cool.
• 6 icing
• 7 1. to prepare icing, beat cream cheese with butter. beat in icing sugar until smooth, stir in vanilla and half of the cookies chunks. alternatively, make the icing in a food processor. spread over brownies, sprinkle with remaining cookie chunks and chill for an hour before slicing. slice in triangles.