Chocolate-Cream Cheese Guiness Brownies

[Guest guest]

A co-worker found this recipe in the Detroit Free Press on St. Patrick's

Day and shared it with me. I finally tested the recipe out I thought it

was delicious. I didn't have any Guiness but did use a stout from the

local brewery we have in town. I used Arcadia Brewing Company's

Imperial Stout.

 

Chocolate-Cream Cheese Guiness Brownies

 

Makes: 24

Prep time: 20 minutes

Baking time: 35 minutes

 

Filling

8 ounces cream cheese, softened

1/3 cup sugar

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 egg, room temperature

 

Brownies

1 cup all-purpose flour

3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

6 tablespoons butter, softened

8 ounces dark bittersweet chocolate, chopped

3/4 cup white chocolate chips

4 eggs, at room temperature

1 cup sugar

1 1/4 cups Guiness or other stout beer at room temperature

1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

 

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Line a 9-by-13-inch baking pan

with foil or parchment paper, or grease and flour the pan.

2. For the filling: In a medium mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese

until smooth. Gradually beat in the sugar. Add the vanilla and egg

until just blended. Set aside.

3. For the brownies: In a bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder

and salt. Set aside.

4. In the top of a double boiler over simmering water, melt the butter,

bittersweet chocolate and white chocolate chips, stirring until melted.

Remove from heat.

5. In a large mixing bowl, beat the eggs and sugar until light and

fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the melted chocolate mixture, beating

until combined. Beat in the flour mixture and whisk in the beer; the

batter will seem thin. Stir in the chocolate chips - they will sink to

the bottom. Pour the entire mixture into the prepared pan. Spoon the

cream cheese mixture on top and run a knife through it several time to

create a marble effect.

6. Bake 30 minutes, or until visible cream cheese is lightly browned

and wooden pick inserted in the center comes out almost clean. Remove

from the oven and cool in the pan before cutting into squares.

[Guest guest]

I'll bet this would be even better with a smidge of Baileys added too!

 

Sara Lockmiller <shebear01 wrote:

Chocolate-Cream Cheese Guiness Brownies