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Brownie Cheesecake Bars with Cookie Dough

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Ingredients
  

Brownies

  • 8 T. melted butter
  • 1 c. sugar
  • 1 c. unsweet. cocoa powder
  • ¼ tsp. kosher salt
  • ½ tsp. vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ c. flour

Cookie Dough:

  • 4 T. butter soft
  • ⅓ cup light brown sugar packed
  • ¼ cup white sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon fine salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • ¾ c. flour
  • ½ cup mini chocolate chips

Cheesecake

  • 16 ounces cream cheese at room temperature
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 2 leggs
  • 1 T. flour
  • ¼ tsp. kosher salt

Instructions
 

Brownies

  • Preheat the oven to 325°F.
  • Line 8x8 pan with nonstick foil.
  • In a large bowl combine the butter, sugar, cocoa powder, and salt.
  • Stir to combine.
  • Add vanilla.
  • When cool enough, add eggs.
  • Add flour and pour into pan once blended.
  • Bake 15 minutes just to set them up a bit. (let cool a bit)

Cookie Dough:

  • Beat butter, sugars, salt and vanilla until creamy.
  • Add flour.
  • Stir in chips.
  • Line another 8 inch pan with parchment (spray w pam), press in the cookie dough and top with another sheet parchment (spray w pam) Place in fridge to chill. (This layer will be placed o top of the cheesecake later.)

Cheesecake

  • Beat cream cheese and sugar to combine.
  • Beat in eggs, flour and salt.
  • Pour this over the brownie layer carefully.
  • Remove the cookie dough from the other pan and discard one layer of parchmet.
  • Carefully flip the dough onto the cheesecake and remove second parchment.
  • If some of it breaks apart, no worries. Just cover the cheesecake the best you can.
  • Bake 50 mins.
  • Cool to room temp then chill a few hours.