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New York Cheesecake Brownies

Source of Recipe


From "Rosie's Bakery Chocolate-Packed Jam-Filled Butter-Rich No-Holds-Barred Cookie Book"



List of Ingredients



• -- Brownie --
  
• 3½ ounces unsweetened chocolate
  
• 10 Tbsp (1¼ sticks) unsalted butter
  
• 1 cup sugar
  
• 3 large eggs
  
• ½ cup all-purpose flour
  
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• -- Cheesecake --
  
• 1 pound cream cheese, cold
  
• ½ cup sugar
  
• 1 large egg
  
• 1 large egg yolk
  
• 1½ tsp fresh lemon juice
  






Instructions



1. Lightly grease a 9-inch square baking pan with butter or vegetable oil, or line bottom with parchment paper.
   
   
2. For Brownie:
   Melt chocolate and butter together in top of double boiler placed over simmering water. Cool mixture 5 minutes. Place sugar and eggs in a medium bowl and, using an electric mixer, beat on medium-high speed until pale yellow, 2 minutes. Scrape bowl with a rubber spatula. Add flour on low speed and mix 5 seconds. Scrape bowl. Add cooled chocolate mixture on low speed and blend until mixed, 15 seconds, stopping mixer once to scrape bowl. Spread batter evenly in prepared pan, and place pan in freezer 10 minutes.
   
   
3. Meanwhile, for cheesecake:
   Place all cheesecake ingredients in a food processor and process until smooth, 1 minute. Stop processor once during process to scrape bowl. Remove pan from freezer. Carefully spoon cheesecake mixture over brownie layer and, using a spatula, spread over brownie so as not to mix the two together. Bake on center oven rack in 300° oven until top is set and center is just about level with edges, 1 hour and 5 to 10 minutes. Cool brownies in pan 30 minutes. Using a sharp, thin knife, cut into 2¼-inch squares, dipping knife in hot water and wiping off after each cut, refrigerate bars in pan, covered with plastic wrap, up to two days. After that, layer in an airtight plastic container with plastic wrap, parchment or wax paper between layers and store another two days in refrigerator or in freezer up to 2 weeks. Serve cold or at room temperature.
   
   Makes 16 brownies.