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Strawberry Cream Cheese Brownies * Once in a Blue Spoon

Strawberry Cream Cheese Brownies

Rich and decadent fudgu brownies with a swirl of sweet strawberries and slightly tangy cream cheese

Course Dessert
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings 8 small brownies
Author Taylor * Once in a Blue Spoon

Ingredients

  • 1 stick unsalted butter
  • ½ cup cocoa powder
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 large egg
  • ½ cup flour
  • 2 oz full fat cream cheese
  • ½ cup diced strawberries
  • 2 teaspoons powdered sugar

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 325 °F

    Use parchment paper to line a 9” loaf pan

    Place the butter, cocoa powder, and sugar in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave for 30 seconds

    Stir the mixture and microwave for an additional 30 seconds

    Stir again, if the butter is not melted microwave for another 30 seconds

    Let sit for 1 minute to cool

    Stir in the vanilla, salt, and egg

    Add the flour and stir until well combined

    Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan

    In a small bowl microwave the cream cheese for 10 seconds to soften completely, if necessary microwave in additional 5 second intervals until the cream cheese is soft

    Add the strawberries and powdered sugar to the softened cream cheese mixture and use a fork to mash the strawberries and combine, when finished you should have a pink cream cheese mixture with some small chunks of strawberries

    Pour the strawberry cream cheese over the brownie batter, use a knife to swirl the cream cheese mixture into the top of the brownie batter

    Bake at 325 °F for 40 minutes, do NOT overbake, you want the brownies to be fudgy!

    Let cool in the pan for at least 20 minutes

    Use the parchment paper to lift the brownies out of the pan, cut and serve

Recipe Notes

You can store the brownies in an air tight container in the fridge for a few days (they will probably keep for up to a week but mine never lasted that long...)

Recipe adapted from Dessert for Two: Sweet & Simple, a cookbook by Christina Lane, the blogger behind Dessert for Two.