Super Fudgy Swirled Brownies

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter (8 tablespoons)
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 8 ounces semisweet chocolate or 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 4 ounces room temperature cream cheese
• 2 tablespoons room temperature butter
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 brush a 9 inch square baking pan with butter (don't forget the sides). line bottom with parchment paper leaving a 2 inch over hang. butter paper and set pan aside.
• 3 in a small bowl whisk 1 cup flour, cocoa, salt and baking powder. set aside.
• 4 for cream cheese mixture, in another small bowl add cream cheese, 2 tablespoons butter, sugar, flour and one egg. mix until smooth. set aside.
• 5 place butter and chocolate in a large heat proof bowl set over (not in) a sauce pan of simmering water. heat, stirring occasionally, until smooth. remove bowl from pan.
• 6 add 1 1/4 cup sugar, mix and combine. add 3 eggs and mix and combine. add flour mixture just until combined and moistened. (be careful not to over mix!).
• 7 alternately spoon chocolate batter and cream cheese mixture into pan. with a tip of a pairing knife, swirl to marble.
• 8 bake until a tooth pick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs. about 50-60 minutes. cool in pan for 30 minutes, using paper overhang lift brownies out of pan; transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely (still on paper). on a cutting board, using a dampened serrated knife, cut into 16 squares. store in airtight container at room temperature.