Our Twitter friend, Kevin of @kzoobrew, passed along this recipe for pumpkin cheesecake brownies that he made with our Breakfast Stout, and we simply had to share. Pictures to come!
Ingredients
Brownies:
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup Founders Breakfast Stout
5 oz Bittersweet Chocolate (60% cacao preferred)
1 cup flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder (Dutch Chocolate preferred)
1/4 tsp salt
2/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup dark brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
Pumpkin Cheesecake topping:
8 oz cream cheese
3/4 cup pumpkin
1 egg yolk
1/3 sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon (roasted cinnamon if possible)
1/4 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/8 tsp clove
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Farenheit.
Add cream cheese and sugar to mixing bowl, and beat with hand mixer until creamy. Add pumpkin, egg yolk and spice to cream cheese mixture, and blend until thoroughly incorporated. Adjust spice flavor to taste. Refrigerate mixture until brownie batter is complete.
Add 1/2 of butter and 1/2 cup of Founders Breakfast Stout to sauce pan. Heat over medium flame until mixture starts to bubble. Once mixture starts to bubble, remove from heat and stir in 5oz of chocolate.
Add 2 egg, 2/3 cup sugar, 1/3 cup dark brown sugar to mixing bowl. Beat in mixture for 2-3 minutes or until mixture is evenly incorporate and creamy.
Sift in 1 cup flour, 1/3 cup cocoa and 1/4 tsp salt. Add 1 tsp of vanilla and blend until evenly incorporated. Stir in chocolate and beer mixture, blend until evenly incorporated.
Pour mixture into an 8×8 greased pan. Carefully top brownie batter with the pumpkin cheesecake mixture. Brownie batter and cheesecake mixtures can be swirled using a knife.
Bake for 40-50 minutes at 350 degrees or until tooth pick can be inserted and comes out clean. The pumpkin adds a considerable amount of moisture to the cheesecake topping; be careful not to over cook the brownies. Moist cheesecake topping will set with refrigeration.
We are always accepting recipe suggestions, especially if they come with pictures! Feel free to send any recipe that you’ve made using our beer (or that pairs perfectly with one of our beers) to sarah [at] foundersbrewing [dot] com.
