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Peppermint Cream Cheese Swirl Brownies
Peppermint Cream Cheese Swirl Brownies
Fudgey chocolate chip brownies with a fun peppermint cream cheese swirl. Divide the cream cheese mixture into two parts and add red food coloring to one part to make candy cane-ish swirls.
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Recipe - ST. LOUIS PARK (+Wines & Spirits)
Recipe: Peppermint Cream Cheese Swirl Brownies
Peppermint Cream Cheese Swirl Brownies
Prep Time25 Minutes
Servings18
Cook Time30 Minutes
Ingredients
2 sticks unsalted butter
2 ¼ cups granulated sugar
4 large eggs
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
1 ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
2 cups chocolate chips
FOR THE CREAM CHEESE SWIRL: 8 ounces cream cheese
½ cup granulated sugar
2 egg whites
½ teaspoon peppermint extract
Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 9×13″baking dish with cooking spray and set aside.
  2. In medium bowl, combine cocoa powder, salt, baking powder, and flour. Set aside.
  3. Melt butter in medium bowl in microwave. Combine melted butter with granulated sugar and with an electric mixer, beat on high until well combined, about 1 minute.
  4. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until combined.
  5. Add vanilla extract, beating until combined.
  6. Add flour mixture to butter/sugar mixture and beat on low until combined. Fold in chocolate chips.
  7. Pour into prepared baking dish.
  8. In small bowl, beat cream cheese until light and fluffy, about 1 minute. Add sugar, egg whites, and peppermint extract, beating until combined.
  9. Remove half of the cream cheese mixture, and place into piping back or plastic baggie.
  10. Add red food coloring to remaining cream cheese mixture, until desired color is reached. Place red cream cheese mixture in a separate plastic baggie.
  11. Cut a small piece off the corner of the non-colored cream cheese plastic bag and create rows of cream cheese on top of the brownie mixture, going the short way in the brownie pan. Repeat with red cream cheese mixture.
  12. Using a knife, swirl the rows the long way of the brownie pan, creating swirls.
  13. Bake in preheated oven for 35-40 minutes, until tester comes out with just a few crumbs from the middle. Let cool completely, then cut into bars and enjoy!
25 minutes
Prep Time
30 minutes
Cook Time
18
Servings

Shop Ingredients

Makes 18 servings
2 sticks unsalted butter
Crystal Farms Unsalted Sweet Cream Butter
Crystal Farms Unsalted Sweet Cream Butter, 1 Pound
$5.39$5.39/lb
2 ¼ cups granulated sugar
Crystal Granulated Sugar
Crystal Granulated Sugar, 4 Pound
$4.29$1.07/lb
4 large eggs
Country Lane Large Eggs
Country Lane Large Eggs, 12 Each
$4.99$0.42 each
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
McCormick Pure Vanilla Extract
McCormick Pure Vanilla Extract, 1 Ounce
Deal
$3.29 was $3.99$3.29/oz
1 ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
TCHO Super Powder Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
TCHO Super Powder Unsweetened Cocoa Powder, 6.7 Ounce
$6.99$1.04/oz
½ teaspoon salt
Morton Salt
Morton Salt, 26 Ounce
$2.83$0.11/oz
1 teaspoon baking powder
Argo Baking Powder
Argo Baking Powder, 12 Ounce
Deal
$2.99 was $3.39$0.25/oz
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
Gold Medal All-Purpose Flour
Gold Medal All-Purpose Flour, 5 Pound
$6.49$1.30/lb
2 cups chocolate chips
Guittard Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips
Guittard Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips, 12 Ounce
$6.49$0.54/oz
FOR THE CREAM CHEESE SWIRL: 8 ounces cream cheese
Crystal Farms Cream Cheese Block
Crystal Farms Cream Cheese Block, 8 Ounce
$3.59$0.45/oz
½ cup granulated sugar
Crystal Granulated Sugar
Crystal Granulated Sugar, 4 Pound
$4.29$1.07/lb
2 egg whites
Egg Beaters Egg Whites Liquid Egg Product
Egg Beaters Egg Whites Liquid Egg Product, 16 Ounce
Deal
$3.99 was $4.49$0.25/oz
½ teaspoon peppermint extract
McCormick Pure Peppermint Extract
McCormick Pure Peppermint Extract, 1 Ounce
$6.69$6.69/oz

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 9×13″baking dish with cooking spray and set aside.
  2. In medium bowl, combine cocoa powder, salt, baking powder, and flour. Set aside.
  3. Melt butter in medium bowl in microwave. Combine melted butter with granulated sugar and with an electric mixer, beat on high until well combined, about 1 minute.
  4. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until combined.
  5. Add vanilla extract, beating until combined.
  6. Add flour mixture to butter/sugar mixture and beat on low until combined. Fold in chocolate chips.
  7. Pour into prepared baking dish.
  8. In small bowl, beat cream cheese until light and fluffy, about 1 minute. Add sugar, egg whites, and peppermint extract, beating until combined.
  9. Remove half of the cream cheese mixture, and place into piping back or plastic baggie.
  10. Add red food coloring to remaining cream cheese mixture, until desired color is reached. Place red cream cheese mixture in a separate plastic baggie.
  11. Cut a small piece off the corner of the non-colored cream cheese plastic bag and create rows of cream cheese on top of the brownie mixture, going the short way in the brownie pan. Repeat with red cream cheese mixture.
  12. Using a knife, swirl the rows the long way of the brownie pan, creating swirls.
  13. Bake in preheated oven for 35-40 minutes, until tester comes out with just a few crumbs from the middle. Let cool completely, then cut into bars and enjoy!