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Cheesecake Brownies

Thursday, 19 Aug 10

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If I told you the best brownie I ever had was made from packet mix, you would probably close the window immediately and never visit thewayitcrumbles again. “How can she call herself a foodie?” you would exclaim! Well…I don’t call myself a foodie, and the best chocolate brownie I’ve ever had didn’t come from packet mix. It came from my friend’s lunchbox =D

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Ms. Jen had been talking about brownies. For several weeks on end, she would slip them into the conversation ever so casually every now and then, until I was craving them with a vengeance. She’d also mentioned, to my surprise, that those delectably rich, fudgy, crackly-topped brownies had NO chocolate in them. That’s right, not a single square.

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I struggled to believe her. A brownie, without chocolate? But the chocolate gives it richness and fudginess and omg-this-is-a-square-of-pure-chocolate-ness…right? I think I even made a batch of ‘normal’ chocolate-laden brownies, which while nice, didn’t quite have the same fudginess. So I caved and made these best cocoa brownies. But stubborn me felt the need to adapt. I made them with the remnants of the caramel from the cheesecake, which resulted in deliciously sticky lickable fingers and crumbs everywhere….And these amazing cheesecake brownies.

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This recipe is simple – it doesn’t even need an electric whisk, and it can be done in one bowl if you’re not planning to make the cheesecake component. It’s also relatively cheap since it doesn’t use half a kilo of chocolate like some recipes do, and all the ingredients are likely to be in your pantry already. It’s adaptable – throw on a chocolate ganache, swirl cream cheese or caramel through it, heck put bacon in it. Best of all though, it makes sense – this isn’t just a substitute when you can’t be bothered to melt chocolate, this is an amazing recipe in and of itself – it holds up to other brownie recipes I’ve tried, and blows them out of the water.

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