Cream Cheese Swirl Brownies Recipe
Servings: 12
Ingredients
- Cream cheese,softened - 180 gms / 6 oz
- Sugar - 1/4 cup
- Egg - 1 large
- Vanilla - 1 tsp
- All purpose flour - 2 tbsp
- For the brownie batter
- Unsalted butter - 1/2 cup / 100 gms
- Semi-sweet chocolate - 7 oz / 200 gms ,coarsely chopped
- Cocoa powder - 2 tbsp
- Instant Coffee powder - 1 tsp
- Sugar - 1 1/4 cups
- Vanilla - 1 tsp
- Eggs - 3,large
- All purpose flour - 1 cup
- Baking soda - a pinch
- Salt - a pinch
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Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per Serving | %DV |
|---|---|
| Serving Size 73g | |
| Recipe makes 12 servings | |
| Calories 312 | |
| Calories from Fat 148 | 47% |
| Total Fat 17.26g | 22% |
| Saturated Fat 10.51g | 42% |
| Trans Fat 0.0g | |
| Cholesterol 51mg | 17% |
| Sodium 27mg | 1% |
| Potassium 180mg | 5% |
| Total Carbs 40.98g | 11% |
| Dietary Fiber 3.1g | 10% |
| Sugars 26.84g | 18% |
| Protein 4.5g | 7% |
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