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28 Apr
Cookies and Cream Cheesecake Brownies
Posted as Brownies and Bar Cookies
It is said that necessity is the mother of invention, and that’s exactly how these brownies were born. I NEEDED dessert. What I didn’t want was to go to the grocery store. And so I started rummaging through my baking supplies to see what I could play with. I remembered that I still had Oreos leftover from the Peanut Butter Torte that I made the week before. Score. I thought and thought, and decided that since brownies are easy and virtually mess-free with only one bowl, that Oreo brownies would be quite suitable. Then I opened the refrigerator and saw cream cheese leftover from the same torte. Hmmm, I love Oreo cheesecake… I love brownies… surely an Oreo cheesecake brownie (or something to that effect) would be good, yes? YES!
Don’t be intimidated by the cheesecake part of these brownies – they only take approximately 5 minutes longer to make than your typical brownies. And you’ll only use one extra bowl (a small one) and one extra spoon – still no KA mixer required. Stir the chunks of Oreos into the cream cheese mixture gently so you don’t end up with tons of extra crumbs. Once the dollops of cream cheese are lopped onto the top of the brownie batter, take the conservative route when swirling. Not only will it look prettier, but you’ll have a much better appreciation of the contrasting tastes of the brownies and cheesecake if it isn’t all swirled into one homogeneous mass. Most importantly: ENJOY!
Cookies and Cream Cheesecake Brownies
(Source: Brown Eyed Baker)For the brownies:
½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
½ cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder
¼ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon saltFor the cheesecake swirl:
8 oz. cream cheese, at room temperature
1/3 cup sugar6 Oreo cookies, chopped
1. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 9-inch square baking pan.
2. Stir together butter, sugar and vanilla in bowl. Add eggs; beat well with spoon. Stir together flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt; gradually add to egg mixture, beating until well blended. Spread batter evenly in prepared pan.
3. Stir together the cream cheese and 1/3 cup sugar with a spoon until smooth and well blended. Gently stir in in the chopped Oreo cookies.
4. Using a spoon, spoon the cream cheese/Oreo mixture in nine evenly-spaced dollops on top of the brownie batter. Using a dull knife or icing spatula, gently swirl the cream cheese mixture with the brownie batter. Remember, less is more here.
5. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from sides of pan and the batter in the center of the pan feels just set. Cool completely in pan on wire rack.
These look amazing! Great job!
Oh yum!!! Those look and sound fantastic!
Yum! These look soooo good!
what could be better than these?
These look awesome! My question is how you can forget you have Oreos in your house!!
These look soo good, how creative.
Cheesecake, Oreos and brownies, what more could you ask for??
wow i got almost all the ingredients in my house already, it look so easy to make! Cant wait to try em mmmm
I NEED dessert now!
These look so sinful and would certainly make my long day at work much better.
Necessity is the mother of all invention, and man, did you do mother proud
These oreo cheesecake brownies look divine. Seriously, you just combined three of my favorite desserts into ONE dessert. How totally delicious!
Oh, I feel the inches adding to my hips as I read this. In other words, I will definitely be making these. They look amazing!
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WOW, love that these came out of a brownie craving/ what do I have laying around to mix in
Awesome!
A winning combination for sure! I just made something with my Oreos left over from the PB torte too – I did Oreo ice cream. It is sooo good. Gotta love Oreos!
I made these for my husband the day you posted this recipe. He’s in the middle of law school finals and these were the perfect sweet treat to motivate him to keep going! Thanks for sharing!
OH YUM!!!!
i made these and they were absolutely fabulous…i will soften the cream cheese more next time so it swirls easier!
Those look great!
Do you use a fan forced oven for any of your recipes?
Hi Tanya,
I do not use a forced fan oven (convection) for any of my recipes. Just a standard electric oven.
These are amazing! I’ve made some recently based on your recipe with some minor tweaks. I’ve added a link to your post from my blog. I will be posting about your triple choc chip cookies soon – will let you know.
http://themorethanoccasionalbaker.blogspot.com/2010/03/oreo-cheesecake-brownie.html