I have been making a lot of cookies lately, so I thought I would make something a little different today. I have not made brownies for awhile so I wanted to make some kind of brownie. My 2 favorite kinds of brownies are turtle brownies (caramel and pecans) and then cheesecake brownies. So I thought... what if I combined the two? Well this is what I came up with!
Caramel Cheesecake Brownies bites
2 oz. unsweetened chocolate
1/2 cup butter
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup flour
2 oz. pecans
Cheesecake mix:
4 oz. cream cheese
1 egg
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
I used pre-made caramel in this recipe.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease the mini- cheesecake pan, or an 8x8 pan.
- Melt the chocolate and butter on the stop over low to medium heat.
- Once it is melted, take off the heat and put in bowl.
- Add the eggs, sugar and vanilla in the first list of ingredients, and mix with a spatula until combined.
- Add the flour and mix until combined.
- Mix in the pecans.
- Set aside.
- In a small or medium bowl, mix the cream cheese, egg, powdered sugar and vanilla until combined.
Here is the pan that I used. I got it from King Arthur Flour. It has removable bottoms so they come out to the pan easily. LOVE this pan!
Using a spoon, fill the pan about half way with the brownie mixture.
Then add a spoonful of the cream cheese mixture on top. Do not fill that to the top because the batter will rise. (Note: I fill the brownie mixture about half way, and the cream cheese mixture about 1/4 the way to the top, leaving the top 1/4 open.)
Pipe a dollop of caramel on top. If you do not have a piping bag, you can use a sandwich bag and just cut a small hole at the bottom corner.
Using a knife, swirl the caramel in the cheesecake mixture.
Bake for about 35 minutes. They will be done when you insert a sharp knife or toothpick in the top and it comes out clean. Note: The cheesecake will be done before the brownie is, so make sure you check with the knife or toothpick!
Here they are. SO yummy!!!
Enjoy!
