Caramel-swirl Brownies

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup butter
• 3 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 12 vanilla caramels, unwrapped
• 3 ounces cream cheese
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 1 egg yolk

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°; line a 9x9x2 inch baking pan with foil, extending foil over edges of pan.
• 2 grease foil; set pan aside.
• 3 in a medium saucepan, melt and stir butter and chocolate over med-low heat until smooth.
• 4 remove from heat.
• 5 stir in sugar, eggs, vanilla.
• 6 stir in flour just until combined.
• 7 spread batter evenly in the prepared pan.
• 8 top evenly with spoonfuls of caramel swirl; with a thin metal spatula, swirl caramel mixture into batter.
• 9 bake for 2 5-30 minutes or until top springs back and edges start to pull away from sides of the pan.
• 10 cool in pan on a wire rack.
• 11 using edges of foil, lift uncut brownies out of pan; cut into bars.
• 12 store-place bars in a single layer in an airtight container; cover.
• 13 store in the refrigerator for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 3 months.
• 14 caramel swirl-in a small saucepan, combine caramels, cream cheese, sugar, and milk; cook and stir over med-low heat just until caramels melt.
• 15 in a small bowl, beat egg yolk; gradually stir into the caramel mixture.