Brown butter Cheesecake Brownies

Ingredients

• Cream Cheese Layer
• 8 oz cream cheese, softened
• 1 large egg, room temperature
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp lemon juice
• Brownie Layer
• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup Dutch-processed cocoa powder
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 1 tsp espresso powder and
• 1 3/4 cups powdered sugar
• 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate, chopped
• 3 large eggs, room temperature
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 3 tbsp olive oil

Instructions

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