Red Velvet Cheesecake Blondie Bars

Ingredients

Red Velvet Batter

• ¾ Cup or 170 gm Unsalted Butter
• ¾ Cup or 150 gm Light Brown Sugar
• 1/2 Cup or 110 gm Granulated white sugar
• 2 Large Eggs
• 3 Tbsp Amoretti® Red Velvet Artisan
• 1 Tsp Amoretti® Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Extract
• 1 ¾ Cup All-purpose Flour 200 gm
• ¼ tsp sea salt

 Cream cheese Batter

• 8 ounce or 227gm cream cheese (room temperature)
• 22 gm or 1 ½ Tbsp Unsalted Butter (softened)
• 1/3 cup or 75 gm Granulated White sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 tsp 1 Tsp Amoretti® Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Extract

Directions

• Preheat the oven to 325 F. Grease, line with parchment and keep aside an 8 x 8 inch or 9x 13-inch baking tray.
• In a big bowl, melt the butter by microwaving it. Whisk in the Light brown sugar and white granulated sugar.
• Add the eggs and give it another mix.
• Drop in the Amoretti® Red Velvet Artisan and Amoretti® Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Extract. Whisk the batter again.
• Mix the salt into the flour and then gently fold it in with the batter. Keep aside.
• In another bowl, using a hand mixer, whip the cream cheese until light and fluffy. Add in the butter and mix again until fully incorporated.
• Add the sugar and continue mixing until light and creamy.
• Add in the egg and mix it all again.
• Drop in the Amoretti® Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Extract and give a final mix.
• Into the prepped baking tray, add two thirds of the red velvet batter.
• Dollop in the cream cheese batter here and there on top of the red velvet batter, until evenly distributed.
• Scoop in the reserved one third of the Red Velvet batter in between the cream cheese dollops.
• Use a skewer to make swirls in the batter to make a pretty pattern and evenly distribute the batters.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 40-50 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out without any red velvet crumbs on it!
• Cool it in the refrigerator for a couple of hours or overnight before you cut into squares or bars. Enjoy with a drizzle of dark chocolate syrup!