After my little strawberry doughnut mishap this past weekend, I just HAD to get back in the kitchen and reassure myself that I could still bake. I needed something awesome, something that was a sure thing. And two things that I know are both: brownies and ooey gooey butter cake.
I had a recipe idea for awhile that I’d been wanting to try. My grand scheme was to top brownies with the filling from Ooey Gooey Butter Cake (I’m sure someone, somewhere has already done this but I like to think it’s my own original brilliance). I found this recipe a couple of weeks ago for brownies and they seemed too easy to be getting the rave reveiws they were raking in, but I thought why not? Maybe I will finally find my “go-to” brownie recipe.
As for the results? The brownies were awesome, fudgy and delicious! And SO easy. They were a tad undercooked since I was tinkering with the recipe and not sure about the time. They probably could have used five more minutes. And next time I might adjust them to have a little more of the ooey gooeyness–maybe increase that mixture by 1.5. But, I think I have indeed found my go-to brownie recipe! Enjoy!
Ooey Gooey Fudge Brownies
Brownies
6 oz. Unsweetened Chocolate Baking Squares, finely chopped
2 Sticks+2 T. Unsalted Butter
1 1/2 c. Firmly Packed Brown Sugar
1 c.+2 T. Granulated Sugar
5 Eggs
1 1/2 c. AP Flour
1 T. Pure Vanilla Extract
1/4 t. Salt
Ooey Gooey Filling
1, 8 oz. Package Cream Cheese, softened
2 Eggs
1 T. Pure Vanilla Extract
1, 16 oz. (3 3/4 c.) Box of Powdered Sugar
1 Stick Unsalted Butter, melted
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Generously grease bottom and sides of 9×13″ pan.
Microwave chopped chocolate and butter in a large microwave-safe bowl, stirring every 25 seconds until completely smooth and melted. Whisk in granulated and brown sugars. Add eggs, one at a time, whisking just until blended after each addition. Whisk in flour, vanilla and salt.
Pour brownie mixture into pan.
Next, using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese until smooth; add eggs and vanilla. Dump in powdered sugar and beat well. Reduce speed of mixer and slowly pour in butter. Mix well. Spread evenly on brownie mixture.
Bake for 60 minutes. (I would do 65 next time since they were a tad underdone.) Cool completely on wire rack and cut into squares.
Makes 24 brownies.
These were seriously the BEST brownies I’ve ever had. SO GOOD
just so you know…they were delicious!
Sarah! I saw your post in my news feed on Facebook and then realized these had made it to the counter @ the office. They were AMAZING. The combination (and gooey center) made the best ooey gooey/fudge/lava cake threesome EVER.