Ingredients
- For the brownie layer:
- 1/2 cup butter
- 2 ounces dark chocolate
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons red food coloring
- 2/3 cup all purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- For the cheesecake layer:
- 8 ounces cream cheese at room temperature
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Preparation
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter the bottoms and sides of a 8X8 inch square baking pan. Put a long piece of parchment paper in the bottom of the pan, letting the parchment extent up two sides of the pan and overhang slightly on both ends. (This will make it easy to remove the bars from the pan after they've baked.) Butter the parchment.
In a small heatproof bowl melt the butter and chocolate together in the microwave at 15 second intervals.
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Stir until combined and very smooth. Set aside a few minutes to cool.
In a large bowl or the bowl of an electric stand mixer whisk together the sugar, eggs, vanilla extract and red food coloring. Add the chocolate mixture and stir until smooth. Add the flour and sat and stir just until combined and no streaks of dry ingredients remain. Pour brownie mixture into the prepared pan and spread into an even layer.
Prepare the cheesecake layer by beating cream cheese, sugar, egg, and vanilla in a medium bowl until smooth. Distribute the cheesecake mixture in about 8 dollops over the brownie batter in the pan.
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Swirl in with a knife.
Bake for 35-40 minutes, until brownies and cheesecake are set. A toothpick inserted into the mixture should come out clean and the edges will be slightly browned. Let the brownies cool cool completely in the pan, about one hour before lifting out the parchment paper to remove
the brownies. Cut and serve.