Red Velvet Cheesecake Swirl Brownies

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Red Velvet Cheesecake Swirl Brownies



Ingredients

Brownie base

1 box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® German chocolate cake mix
1 bottle red food coloring (1 oz)
1 stick butter, melted
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 egg

Cheesecake Topping

1 8 oz package cream cheese
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Stir the cake mix, food coloring, melted butter, oil and 1 egg together. Mixture will be very thick. Pat into a greased 9 X 13 pan, reserving half of the mixture for later.

Prepare the cheesecake filling. Beat the cream cheese, egg, sugar and vanilla with a whisk or with an electric mixer, until fluffy.

Pour the cheesecake into the pan, on top of the brownie mixture.

Add a tablespoon or so of water to the reserved brownie batter, and stir well. The texture should be like thick cake batter. Dot the batter onto the cheesecake layer, and swirl with a knife.

Bake for about 30 minutes, until the cheesecake is set, and just barely starting to brown around the edges.

Allow to cool fully before cutting.

NOTE:  You could use red velvet cake mix (leave out the red food coloring), or try it with any other cake mix flavor.  (Old size, BTW.)