Cheesecake Swirl Brownies

Cheesecake Swirl Brownies
from Good Housekeeping The Great Bake Sale Cookbook 

Ingredients

• 1 stick butter
• 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped (see below for substitute)
• 4 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 2 cups sugar
• 5 large eggs
• 2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 1/2 packages cream cheese, chilled
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. In a small saucepan, melt butter on low heat.  Add unsweetened and semisweet chocolates, stirring frequently, until smooth.  Remove saucepan from heat and set aside to cool to room temperature.
2. In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.  Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese until smooth.  Then add 1/2 cup sugar and continue beating.  Beat in almond extract, 1 egg, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla until combined.
4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
5. Remove chocolates from sauce pan into a large mixing bowl.  Add 1 1/2 cups sugar and mix with a fork.  Add 1 1/2 cups sugar.  Next add 4 eggs and 2 teaspoons vanilla; mix well.  Gradually add flour mixture until all ingredients are incorporated.
6. Spray a 13" x 9" baking pan with cooking spray.  Spread 1 3/4 chocolate batter in prepared pan.  Then, spoon cream cheese mixture in 6 large dollops on top of chocolate batter.  Next, spoon remaining chocolate batter in 6-7 dollops over and between cream cheese mixture.  With a tip of a butter knife, pull and swirl through mixtures to create a marbled effect.  
7. Bake until toothpick inserted in center of pan comes out almost clean, 35-40 minutes.  Cool completely in pan before cutting and serving.

Unsweetened Chocolate Substitute

1. In a small bowl, use the microwave to heat 1 tablespoon of butter until melted.
2. Add 3 tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder to melted butter and stir until combined. 
3. For this recipe, 4 tablespoons of butter were used with 12 tablespoons of cocoa powder.

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