# Brown Butter Cheesecake Brownies

This recipe shows how to make fudgy cheesecake brownies with brown butter.

- Servings: 16 servings
- Total time: 65 min
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 8 oz cream cheese
- 1 large egg
- 0.25 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 0.5 cup Dutch-processed cocoa powder
- 0.5 cup light brown sugar
- 1.75 cups powdered sugar
- 0.75 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 0.33 cup semi-sweet chocolate
- 3 large eggs
- 0.5 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 pinch salt
- 3 tbsp olive oil

## Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 175°C / 350°F. Grease and line an 8x8 inch pan with parchment paper.
2. Prepare cream cheese layer: Whisk cream cheese, egg, vanilla, and sugar until smooth.
3. Prepare brownie layer: Brown butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring every 10 seconds. Once milk solids from butter sink and turn golden brown, transfer to heatproof bowl.
4. Add cocoa powder, oil, vanilla, and chopped chocolate; mix until dissolved. Let the mixture cool at room temperature for 15-20 mins
5. Whisk eggs and light brown sugar for 4-6 min until dissolved and mixture turns into light pale in color.
6. Add powdered sugar; mix until combined (1-2 min).
7. Combine with browned butter mixture; mix until combined.
8. Add flour and chocolate chips. Mix until just combined; don’t overmix the batter.
9. Transfer half of brownie mixture to prepared pan.
10. Reserve 30g / 2-3 tbsp cream cheese mixture; add remaining to brownie mixture.
11. Top with remaining brownie batter; add reserved cream cheese mixture. Make swirls.
12. Bake for 40-45 minutes or until the edges are golden and center is a little fudgy.
13. Let cool completely before cutting.

## Equipment

- 8x8 inch baking pan
- whisk
- saucepan
- spatula

## Source

- Original video: https://vt.tiktok.com/ZShJnP79q/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/a6e07a77-4cb1-4e47-8ad8-f420bdad3ac6
- Extracted: 2025-04-30

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