Giant Black Bottom Brownies
These giant brownies have a chocolate-chip-flecked layer of cheesecake swirled into the dark chocolate batter; thereby combining the best of both brownies and cheesecake.
Yield: 24 brownies
Ingredients
Applesauce
- 1 1/2 cups unsweetened applesauce
Cream Cheese Filling
- 2 (8 ounce) packages nonfat cream cheese (room temperature)
- 1 large egg
- 2 large egg whites
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 6 tablespoons mini-morsel semisweet chocolate chips
Brownie Batter
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/3 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs
- 4 large egg whites
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 4 cups granulated sugar
Instructions
Applesauce
- Place a strainer over a bowl deep enough so the bottom of the strainer doesn't touch the bottom of the bowl. Put the applesauce in the strainer and set aside to drain for 15 minutes; you should have 1 cup drained applesauce.
- Place the oven rack in the lower-middle position and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly spray a 13 x 9 inch baking pan with butter-flavored vegetable oil and set aside.
Cream Cheese Filling
- Mix the cream cheese, egg, egg whites and vanilla extract in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium until combined.
- Stir in the chocolate chips by hand. Set aside.
Brownie Batter
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder and salt. Set aside.
- Place the eggs and egg whites in a large mixing bowl and whisk until foamy.
- Add the sugar, drained applesauce and vanilla extract and stir until the sugar has dissolved.
- Fold in the flour mixture until the dry ingredients are just moistened.
- Pour half of the brownie batter into the baking pan.
- Spoon the cream cheese mixture on top.
- Pour the remaining brownie batter on top of the cream cheese mixture. With a butter knife, make swirls through the batter to produce a marbled effect.
- Bake for 55 minutes, or until the center is set.
- Cool on a rack, cut into 2 inch squares and serve.
Nutrition
Per brownie: 224 calories (9.7% from fat), 2.4 g fat (1.2 g saturated fat), 6.5 g protein, 47.3 g carbohydrate, 29 mg cholesterol, 158 mg sodium
Attribution
Posted by kdipaolo at Recipe Goldmine 6/5/01 8:43:07 pm.
