Chocolate Cheesecake Brownies

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1/4 cup semisweet mini chocolate chips
• 6 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 tablespoon instant coffee
• 4 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 cup flour
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 tablespoon coffee liqueur
• 1 (8 ) package cream cheese, at room temp
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter, room temp
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 tablespoon coffee liqueur

Recipe

• 1 brownie batter - preheat oven to 350~. butter 13"x9"x2" baking pan.
• 2 combine chocolate, butter, and coffee powder in heavy small saucepan. stir over low heat until melted and smooth.
• 3 remove from heat; cool slightly.
• 4 in lg. bowl, beat eggs until frothy. gradually add sugar and beat until mixture is pale yellow and slightly thickened.
• 5 stir in flour, cocoa, and salt. add vanilla, liqueur, and melted chocolate mixture; stir until well blended.
• 6 cream cheese mixture - using electric mixer, beat cream cheese and butter in lg. bowl until smooth.
• 7 add sugar and beat until fluffy. beat in eggs, flour, and coffee liqueur.
• 8 set aside 1/2 cup brownie batter for topping.
• 9 pour remaining batter into prepared pan. carefully spoon cream cheese mixture over batter, covering completely. sprinkle chocolate chips evenly over cream cheese layer.
• 10 drop reserved batter by spoonfuls over cream cheese layer.
• 11 using small knife, swirl batter into cream cheese mixture to resemble marble pattern.
• 12 bake brownies until edges are light golden and toothpick inserted into center comes out with some crumbs still attached; about 30 mins.
• 13 cool completely in pan on rack; cut into squares.