Scrumptious Sunday Bonus Recipe ~ Caramel Brownie Cheesecake


Hosted by Meredith at Mercedes Rules
It’s pouring down rain here and I got a little bored so thought
I’d post a holiday favorite recipe as a bonus.

Start with a pan of:

CHOCOLATE FUDGE BROWNIES
1/2 cup butter
4 ounces unsweetened chocolate
4 eggs, room temperature
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup flour, sifted

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Melt butter and chocolate together slowly so it doesn’t burn in a double boiler. COOL. Cooling this mixture will help keep brownies moist.
  • Beat together eggs and salt until light and foamy.
  • Add sugar and vanilla alternately and gradually to the egg mixture.
  • Add flour until uniform in texture and color.
  • Quickly and with as few a strokes as possible, MANUALLY beat in the cooled chocolate mixture to the egg mixture.
  • Baked in a greased 9×13 pan for about 25 minutes
  • Cool
  • If making just the brownies either sprinkle them with powdered sugar when they first come out of the oven or frost as soon as they cool.

CARAMEL & CHEESECAKE layers
2 eggs, room temperature
1 tablespoon cold water
1-14 ounce bag caramels
1-5 ounce can evaporated milk
2-8 ounce packages cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla

  • Melt caramels with milk in saucepan over low heat, stirring frequently until well blended.
  • Pour 2/3 over cooled brownie crust. The remainder will be used as topping.
  • Beat the cream cheese, sugar and vanilla in a large mixing bowl until smooth.
  • Add eggs, one at a time and blending well between each addition.
  • Pour over caramel layer and spread smooth without pressing into the caramel layer.
  • Bake 40 minutes.
  • Run a knife around the outer edge.
  • Chill.
  • Heat reserved caramel mixture until warm.
  • Drizzle over cheesecake before serving.
I do the memes: Menu Plan Monday hosted by Laura at I’m an Organizing Junkie, Favorite Ingredient Friday hosted by Kathryn at Overwhelmed with Joy, Freezer Food Friday hosted by MJ at mjpuzzlemom, Scrumptious Sunday hosted by Meredith at Mercedes Rocks, Tasty Thursday hosted by Pumpkin Patch, Watchin’ What We Eat hosted by Lorie at Honey I Shrank Myself and Slow Cooking Thursday hosted by Sandra at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom. Doing them all make great additions to help keeping me on track and finding so new recipes!

Mercedes

This is absolutely divine! Chocolate + Cheesecake + Caramel = Scrumptious! Awesome recipe! Thanks for sharing yet another great one today!