Recipe For Cooking Giant Black Bottom Brownies

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Giant Black Bottom Brownies

Posted by kdipaolo at recipegoldmine.com 6/5/01 8:43:07 pm

Makes approximately 24 brownies.

These giant brownies have a chocolate-chip-flecked layer of cheesecake swirled into the dark chocolate batter; thereby combining the best of both brownies and cheesecake.

1 1/2 C. unsweetened applesauce

Cream Cheese Filling
2 (8 oz.) pkg. nonfat cream cheese,
    at room temperature
1 lrg. egg
2 lrg. egg whites
1 tea. vanilla extract or flavoring
6 Tbsp. mini-morsel semisweet chocolate chips

Brownie Batter
2 C. flour
1 1/3 C. unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 tea. salt
2 lrg. eggs
4 lrg. egg whites
2 tea. vanilla extract or flavoring
4 C. sugar

Place a strainer over a bowl deep enough so the bottom of the strainer doesn\t touch the bottom of the bowl. Put the applesauce in the strainer and set aside to drain for 15 min.; you should have 1 C. drained applesauce.

Place the oven rack in the lower-middle position and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly spray a 13 x  9-in. baking pan with butter-flavored canola oil and set aside.

To make the filling: Mix the cream cheese, egg, egg whites and vanilla in a lrg. bowl with an electric mixer on med. until combined. Stir in the chocolate chips by hand. Set aside.

To make the batter: In a med. bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder and salt. Set aside. Place the eggs and egg whites in a lrg. mixing bowl and whisk until foamy. Add the sugar, drained applesauce and vanilla and stir until the sugar has dissolved. Fold in the flour mixture until the dry ingredients are just moistened.

Pour half of the brownie batter into the baking pan. Spoon the cream cheese mixture on top. Pour the remaining brownie batter on top of the cream cheese mixture. With a butter knife, make swirls through the batter to produce a marbled effect. Bake for 55 min., or until the center is set.

Cool on a rack, cut into 2-in. squares and serve.

Nutritional information per brownie: 224 calories (9.7% from fat), 2.4 g fat (1.2 g saturated fat), 6.5 g protein, 47.3 g carbohydrate, 29 mg cholesterol, 158 mg sodium