When we moved to New York just over a year ago, I was forced to whittle down my cookbook collection. Believe me, losing 3000 square feet of living space will make you whittle down a lot of things. I spent a lot of time and thought considering what books would make the cut.
My collection is about 85% baking books. One of my favorite kinds of baking books is bakery cookbooks. To me, those are just the best. I’m pretty sure all of those made the cut. An old favorite of mine is The Sweet Melissa Baking Book. From that book, I share with you these brownies.
For all of you brownie and cheesecake fans, these will give you the best of both worlds. The bottom layer is a divine dark-chocolate brownie. That’s topped off with a dense cheesecake layer sprinkled with chocolate chips.
These are tall, thick, dense, delicious bars. This is the kind of brownie that can be a great casual snack or a perfect ending to a big, fancy meal. They are more than capable of holding their own for any dessert course.
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January 15th, 2012 at 7:49 pm
They are cooling now. My house smells wonderful. Don’t think I’ll wait until they get cool to eat one!
January 15th, 2012 at 8:21 pm
I need these….like, now.
January 16th, 2012 at 12:53 pm
If we can have cupcakes, we can have brownies – and what beautiful brownies they make
January 16th, 2012 at 1:59 pm
Delicious! Look forward to baking these. I was in the group, Sweet Melissa Sundays for a short time. Never got around to trying these…but, will soon.
~Carmen
January 16th, 2012 at 3:29 pm
wow these look gorgeous!http://the-zen-baker.blogspot.com/
January 16th, 2012 at 11:54 pm
These brownies look like complete heaven. I can’t imagine having to cut down on my cookbook collection so completely feel your pain
January 17th, 2012 at 8:02 am
These look great. Its funny that they’re called black bottom brownies when the bottom just is the brownie. I love bakery cookbooks too, so beautiful and an insight into delicious treats.
January 21st, 2012 at 6:43 am
These look fantastic! I was *just* looking for brownies I could make without having cocoa powder in the house.
January 25th, 2012 at 7:41 am
Cheesecake brownies…one of my very favorite things in the world. Love this!
January 25th, 2012 at 8:10 pm
Hi there – I wanted to love this recipe, but made them today and it came out very cakey. The brownie layer was dry and the cheesecake layer was super fluffy. Any suggestions? Thanks from a fellow baker! p.s. glad to see you posting more often
January 27th, 2012 at 8:22 am
Hi, Sarah! There are a lot of eggs in those brownies, so they are cakey. You can see in my pictures that the brownie layer is very dense, making it more of a crust. As for the cheesecake layer, it’s a very thick, fluffy thing. How fluffy is too fluffy? If you want, shoot me an email at bakeorbreak at gmail dot com, and we can talk more about it.
January 27th, 2012 at 1:09 pm
Wow! All I can say is Yum! They look amazing. Of course I love cheesecake and chocolate, so yeah. How do you get it so your reply to the comments show up in pink, I like that.
January 27th, 2012 at 1:51 pm
Tina, it’s a WordPress plugin called Author Highlight.
January 27th, 2012 at 7:26 pm
Hi Jennifer!
I think the key is definitely serving them cold! My chocolate chips still sank thru the cheesecake layer, but they are delicious! Thanks!
After refrigerating the brownies, they tasted much better
January 28th, 2012 at 12:01 pm
I made them today. The outside brownies are delicious. But, the center brownies were undercooked. Is there a temp I could test them at to be sure they are done before removing them?
January 30th, 2012 at 6:34 pm
Melody, you should be able to use a toothpick or a cake tester to check for doneness.
February 9th, 2012 at 7:19 pm
Thanks! Yeah, I should have thought of that.