Double fudge Cream cheese Brownies #sodarngood

While still in my 'need to create something with chocolate' mode, my son JoRon called and told me he was coming to town and could I bake him and my grandson Josiah (to which is one of my favorite little people, I swear he gives the bestest hugs) something sweet, so I immediately switched  into 'baker's mode'.

I find myself getting more and more excited about cooking real food or baking sweet treats. My joy comes from seeing people's reaction to the finished dish and their outward satisfaction of tasting the finished dish

My go to cookbook is my Land O'Lake cookbook that I "my chest of treasure". I  normally use it as a baseline for my recipes or reference to a dish but then I add a few of own twist to the mix and voila sweet treats appears.

 

Before the preparation of this amazingly moist Brownie, allow the cream cheese and egg to reach room temperature, and then let the baking begin

You'll need to get ready:

for the Brownie 

~ your oven preheated at 350°

~ 1 cup butter

~ 1oz. unsweetened chocolate  

**(4 squares)

~ 2 cups white sugar

》1 1/2cup AP flour (all purpose)

~ 4 eggs lightly beaten

~ 1 tsp. salt

~ 1 tsp. baking powder 

~ 2 tsp. pure vanilla 

~ 1 cup semi-sweetchocolate chunks 

Make ready for the Filling:

~ 1/4 cup white sugar

~ 2 TBSP butter **room temperature 

~ 3 oz. cream cheese **room temperature 

~ 1 egg

~ 1TBSP AP flour

~ 1/2 tsp. vanilla 

As we all know that 'preparation' is key to success, and in the kitchen its always best to have things cut, chopped, diced, and sliced ahead of time so, let's start by preparing the filling, the chopping the semi-sweet chocolate into chunks.

》 In a medium bowl, using a electric mixer or by hand cream together 1/4cup sugar, 2TBSP butter, and the 3oz. cream cheese

》 add in flour and vanilla, then mix in egg until well combined, set aside

NOW:

》With a sharp knife chop the semi-sweet chocolate into desired chunks to equal 1 cup, set aside

》 line a 13x9" baking pan with enough parchment paper that alow some to hang over, this will make it easy to remove the Brownies from the pan  once cooled

》spray parchment paper with cooking spray, set prepared pan aside

NOW, let's get down to the knitty-gritty

》Begin by adding the 1 cup butter and unsweetened chocolate to a mediun to large saucepan over medium heat

》cook until melted, stirring occasionally to ensure a even melted mixture, remove pan from heat 

》Stir in the rest of the Brownie ingredients *EXCEPT eggs and chocolate chunks

》 **ADD flour into mix in 2 batches 

》mix until combined don't over mix

》add eggs and mix well

》 now, fold in the semi-sweet chocolate chunks 

》pour half the Brownie batter into pan, then pour the cream cheese mixture on top of brownie batter

》 the cream cheese mixture will not totally cover the brownie mixture

》now, pour the remaining brownie mix on top of cream cheese mixture

》 using a wooden skewer make swirling designs in the batter

》**if using a foil pan like I did place the Brownie pan on a cookie sheet for more stability 

》tap pan on countertop to remove as many air bubbles as possible 

》bake for 30 - 35mins **I set my tomer for 30mins then checked for doneness, I  needed to let cook for a full 35mins

》allow to cool, remove from pan, and allow to cool before cutting

》cut into desired size, I would've cut then into bite size and made 3 dozen but I  know my family love their brownies cut into nice sizes

This is my grandson Josiah or 'Jojo' but I call all my grandkids 'Bootz'. His smile is so heart warming, he couldn't wait to taste the Brownie but once he realized the Brownies were for him his smile got even bigger.

ENJOY!!!