Frozen Cream Cheese Brownies

Time: 4 ½ hours

Serves: 12-16

Difficulty: 4

Ingredients:

8 tbsp (1 stick) unsalted butter	4 large eggs
1 ½ cups (12 oz) bittersweet chocolate chips	2 tsp vanilla extract
16 oz. cream cheese, room temperature	1 cup unbleached flour
1 ½ cups granulated sugar	¼ tsp salt

Supplies:

9” by 9” baking pan	Wooden spoon
Egg beater	Butter knife
Forks and spoons for mixing and beating	2 mixing bowls

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour the baking pan evenly.

Melt butter and chocolate together on low heat (a microwave will work just fine). Let cool.

Separate from the first mixture, beat cream cheese and ¼ cup sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg and set aside.

Beat remaining sugar and eggs (one at a time) until smooth. Add the chocolate and butter mixture and the vanilla. Mix well. Combine the flour and salt, then sift into chocolate batter. Blend gently until smooth and even.

Spread about ¾ of the mixture into the pan. Pour the cream cheese mixture over top, then coat with the remaining chocolate mixture.

Dip the knife into the pan and lift straight up, creating a marbled effect. Repeat throughout.

Bake for 45 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool for two hours, then freeze for 45 minutes. Serve right away (with a fork). Wrap any leftovers in foil and store in the freezer.

Allergy Information: Contains dairy and eggs.