Raspberry Cream Cheese Brownies
Rich chocolate and luscious raspberries come together in these delicious Raspberry Cream Cheese Brownies to create a deeply satisfying summer dessert. These truffle-like brownies have a creamy cheesecake and raspberry layer that is swirled between two layers of raspberry infused brownie batter. Seriously, do I need to go on? I sent these brownies to work with Andrew to share with his coworkers…I had to get them out of the house so I wouldn’t be tempted to eat the entire batch! 
These brownies are super rich so make sure to cut them into small squares.
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Raspberry Cream Cheese Brownies
For the Cream Cheese Filling:
- 1 (8-oz) package cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the Brownies:
- 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into pieces
- 4 oz. bittersweet chocolate, chopped
- 1/2 cup raspberry jam, divided
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter the bottom and sides of a 8 inch metal baking pan. Put a long piece of parchment paper in the bottom of the pan, letting the parchment extend up two sides of the pan and overhang slightly on both ends. (This will make it easy to remove the bars from the pan after they have baked.) Butter the parchment.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together cream cheese, sugar, egg yolk and vanilla extract until combined, about 1 minute; Set aside.
- In a small bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
- In a small, heatproof bowl, melt butter and chocolate together. Stir until combined and very smooth. Whisk in 1/4 cup jam and set aside to cool for 5 minutes. Add sugar, eggs, and vanilla to the chocolate mixture, and stir until combined. Whisk in flour mixture until just incorporated.
- Microwave the remaining 1/4 cup jam until warm, about 30 seconds, and stir until smooth.
- Spread half of brownie batter into the prepared baking dish. Dollop the cream cheese by the spoonful over the batter, and spread into an even layer. Drop spoonfuls of warm jam over the cream cheese, and use the tip of a knife to swirl jam through the filling. Spread the remaining batter evenly over the filling.
- Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with just a few dry crumbs attached, 50 to 60 minutes. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for at least 2 hours before lifting out the parchment paper to remove the brownies.
Yields: 16 brownies
Source: Pink Parsley, originally from Cook’s Illustrated, Summer Entertaining
Thanks for visiting my blog! I am an elementary teacher living in Peoria, Illinois with my husband, Andrew, and our two dogs, Hemingway and Winston. I love to cook and entertain for family and friends. I hope you enjoy some of my recipes as much as we do! Bon appétit!
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I absolutely love the combo of raspberries and chocolate!!!
Oh man, this is like my all time favorite dessert. I love cream cheese brownies…and adding fruit flavor must take them over the top. That was smart of you to get them out of the house asap! I def couldn’t be trusted around them
Yes, please! I love cream cheese brownies. Add raspberry, even better.
Oh my – can´t get raspberries but am sure I could work something out! Look wonderful
ahhh your hubby’s coworkers must love your baking!!! i have a weakness for brownies. these look divine, sweet pea!
I love super rich brownies, I wouldn’t ever cut them into small pieces. Even if I did I’d stil end up eating a ton of them
oh wowww these look absolutely divine! Im posting about a sort of cookie equivalent to these lovelies tomorrow morning, if you liked these then you should check them out for sure! Andrew has very lucky coworkers indeed
Oh my goodness, these look delicious. Great idea adding in the raspberries.
I love brownies! But can you believe i haven’t made one for ages?? Yours looks sooo good… I love the filling you chose!
Wow love the raspberry/chocolate combo! Yumm
Love the photo of the brownie with the bite–looks divine! Raspberries are one of my favorite fruits to bake with.
Brownies are so good and the addition of raspberries has elevated that status to great!
These raspberry cream cheese brownies look so decadent and delicious that I think I wish i could have a piece right now lol.
delicious, i want one!
These look wonderful!
Yum! Cream cheese and raspberries in brownies? That sounds absolutely amazing! And they look incredible
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