Cheesecake Brownie Bites

Cheesecake Brownie Bites

INGREDIENTS:

• 4 large eggs
• 1 1/4 cup cocoa
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tbs instant espresso powder, mixed with 2 tsp water
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 cup unsalted butter, melted
• 1 1/2 cup flour

For cheesecake filling:

• 1 (8 oz) package cream cheese, softened
• 3 tbs sugar
• 1 large egg yolk

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, cocoa, salt, baking powder, espresso and water, and vanilla until well combined.
3. Stir in sugar and melted butter until well combined. Then stir in flour. Set brownie batter aside.
4. In a separate bowl, stir together cream cheese, sugar and egg yolk until well combined. Transfer to pastry bag.
5. Grease a mini-muffin pan. Spoon 1 tbs brownie batter into each cup. Pipe a generous amount of cheesecake filling atop brownie batter, then top each with an additional tsp of brownie batter. (Swirl to create a marbled effect)
6. Bake for 12 minutes, until tester comes out clean.
7. Let cool for 10 minutes in pan. Eat warm or transfer to cooling rack.