BROWNIE BOTTOM COOKIE DOUGH CHEESECAKE

Remember a few weeks back when I shared these Vanilla Chai Cheesecake Bars and let you in on a little secret of mine?  About how I had a fear of baking a full on cheesecake…. well, I challenged myself and did it!  Well, not fully I guess, since this isn’t a classic cheesecake… but I think it’s even better.

I mean c’mon, it’s like three desserts in one!  Rich and fudgy brownies, silky cheesecake and classicly sweet cookie dough.  And of course I had to be extra decadent and drizzle a bit of melted chocolate over the top because… well, chocolate

I made this brownie bottom cookie dough cheesecake for my husband’s birthday and let’s just say between us and the kids, we were fighting over who got the last piece!

Just mix up the brownie batter and bake it.  While it’s baking, mix up the cheesecake batter.  No need to cool the brownie first, just remove the pan from the oven, pour cheesecake batter over the top and return to the oven.  Once the cheesecake is finished, it’s going to have to cool for a bit.  It needs to be firm before you add the cookie dough layer on top, otherwise it’ll mush and not look so pretty.  You’ll need to chill the cheesecake for 4 hours or overnight, so plan ahead

INGREDIENTS

• 1/3 cup milk chocolate chips
• 1 tsp vegetable oil

BROWNIE LAYER:

• 1 stick unsalted butter at room temperature (1/2 cup)
• 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 cup all-purpose flour

CHEESECAKE LAYER:

• 18 oz cream cheese (2 - 8oz bricks and 1/4 of another 8oz brick), softened to room temperature
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3 eggs room temperature
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup sour cream or greek yogurt

COOKIE DOUGH LAYER:

• 1 stick unsalted butter at room temperature (1/2 cup)
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
• 3/4 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 cup mini chocolate chips

INSTRUCTIONS
BROWNIE LAYER:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line bottom of a 9" springform pan with parchment paper and spray paper and sides of pan with cooking spray (I use a baking spray, but you could use regular spray and lightly dust with flour instead).
2. ............................................

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