They sound great don’t they!
I rarely bake using fruit (not sure why because I LOVE fruit!!) and have been playing around with this dessert idea in my head for some time. I wanted to make a blondie that utilized one of my favorite fruits and decided to try and make a Strawberry Cheesecake Swirled Blondie.
These did not come out as I had pictured in my head. While good, they did not have as strong as strawberry flavor as I had hoped and the cheesecake swirl was kind of sticky and gummy (not the smooth and creamy consistency I was envisioning). I think the cheesecake portion was gummy because I had added a large amount of preserves to the mixture in an attempt to create a real strawberry flavor. I ended up with cheesecake batter that was thinner than I had wanted but I did not want to add more cream cheese to dilute the strawberry flavor.
Next time I may try Strawberry flavored Cream Cheese along with a few preserves. I did not use the flavored cream cheese this go around because I think it can taste artificial and I wanted to keep the recipe as ‘pure’ as possible.
I also did not add a lot of ‘extras’ to the batter since this was my first attempt and really wanted to test out the flavor of the strawberry cheesecake swirl. I did add a few white chocolate chunks which complimented the flavors nicely and added a bit of textural interest to the bars. I bet toasted pecans would be wonderful as well. As is these were best after cooling in the fridge for 24 hours and served cold with a scoop of Strawberry Icecream!
All in all this is a good bar but could use some improvements to live up to what I have pictured in my head. Like I said, next time I will try flavored cream cheese and less preserves in order to keep the cheesecake swirl nice and creamy. I would suggest trying these out and adding your own twist! If you have a successful recipe be sure to let me know!!
I rate these bars a 6 (but they have potential to be much better!)
I would give these a 7 after chilling 24 hours and served with Strawberry Icecream
Blondies
6 TBS butter, melted
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup coarsley chopped White Baking Chocolate
Strawberry Cheesecake Swirl
5 oz cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup Seedless Strawberry Preserves
1/4 cup sugar
2 TBS flour
1 tsp pure Vanilla
1 egg yolk
1-3 drops Red food coloring (optional but I used)
In bowl combine cream cheese, sugar, flour and vanilla beat until smooth. Add egg yolk and food coloring if using and beat just until combined. Set aside.
Preheat oven to 350.
Line an 8×8 pan with foil and lightly spray with PAM.
In a large microwave safe mixing bowl melt the butter. Allow to cool for 5 mintues.
Mix the brown sugar with the melted butter and beat until smooth. Beat in egg and then vanilla. Add salt, stir in flour baking powder.
Mix in chopped white chocolate and nuts (if using)
Pour 2/3 batter into prepared pan and use a greased spatula to evenly spread mixture in pan and level the top. Dollup strawberry cream cheese mixture and remaining blondie batter over blondie batter in pan.
Run a knife through the blondie and cheesecake layers to create a pattern or swirls.
Bake in preheated oven for 30-35 minutes or until set in the middle. (I baked for 32 minutes)
Cool on rack before cutting.
omg .. those. sound. amazing. I think I may have found something to occupy my time off 🙂
This looks amazing… you need to seriously consider writing a cookbook dedicated to all your aweomse blondies & brownies 🙂
This looks amazing… you need to seriously consider writing a cookbook dedicated to all your awesome blondies & brownies 🙂
OH. MY. GOSH. I don’t know what to say b/c my jaw is on the floor. These look amaaaaaaaaaazingly delicious!! You impress me more and more everytime you post. ugh…so drooling over these!
Yes! They do sound great! And they’re gorgeous too, I’m sure I would love them.
these are awesome! what could be better than strawberry cheesecake? why, how about strawberry cheesecake in blondie form! bravo!
Yum, I just made my own cheesecake-hybrid recipe too. These blondies look really good!
These sound fantastic!! I love the idea of using strawberries in a blondie. YUM
So feminine and cute! I LOVE the look of these swirled blondies!
You might want to consider consulting a professional chef like myself (and I am also a senior adviser on the Serious Eats website) before posting your recipes.
That way, I can advise you where you may have made a mistake, as in this recipe.
I provide this service for free . . . just as I advise the readers of Serious Eats on how to cook.
I’m just saying.
You can email me on my link for future advice.
Louise,
Clearwater, Florida
That looks so good!
Chiffonade,
Thanks for the offer of advice, part of the joy of baking for me is trial and error! ha ha
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I was surfing WC Nesties and realized that I am already a frequent visitor of your blog. Everything looks so good.
well they LOOK phenom! Yum!
They sure sound great and they look yummy!!
These sound delicious! I love blondies!! I want to eat them right now!
Oooh these look quite gooddd. The idea is brilliant