I created my own recipe!
First let me explain by saying that Pat's office is having a party on Thursday. Each of the management staff, except the two vice Presidents, was asked to sign up to cook a dish for the party. The two Vice Presidents, both men, were exempted by themselves because they did not cook and, according to the memo, did not think it appropriate to put their wives out by having them cook. Pat came home and asked if I would mind cooking her assignment.
Of course, being a dutiful house husband and afraid that she would turn off my allowance, I agreed. The assignment is for two dozen brownies and two dozen cookies. How pedestrian!
After some probing it turns out that there is a "Harvest" theme to the party. Not a Halloween theme, even though the party is on the 28th of October, but a harvest theme. Seems that religious sensibilities are to be avoided (but not sexist thoughts).
So, I decided to make Pumpkin Cheesecake Brownies. The problem is that I didn't have a recipe. The recipes on the Internet all lacked for one reason or another. Either there wasn't enough pumpkin or they wasn't enough Cheesecake. They all managed the brownie bits.
So, off I went finding an appropriate Pumpkin Cheesecake recipe that I could use to modify a cheesecake brownie recipe. After some work I found one that I could cut down to size to match the brownie proportions and stiffen up to work in the shortened cooking time. I rewrote the recipe and then brought it into the test kitchen for a tryout.
While cooking I did find that the cream cheese was too liquid to set properly so I modified the recipe again and added more flour to stiffen the cheesecake (I managed to do this within the first batch before combining with the brownie mix).
The result was imperfect. The cheesecake is more liquid than the brownies and swirling the two together makes the brownies soft. But the correction is simple - do not swirl and cook at a slightly lower temperature for a slightly longer time.
But, no one complains. The brownies are pretty (a nice orange topping) and delicious. Add one of those sugared fall pumpkins as a decoration and they will be perfect.
And, the recipe is mine.
Bon Appetit!
First let me explain by saying that Pat's office is having a party on Thursday. Each of the management staff, except the two vice Presidents, was asked to sign up to cook a dish for the party. The two Vice Presidents, both men, were exempted by themselves because they did not cook and, according to the memo, did not think it appropriate to put their wives out by having them cook. Pat came home and asked if I would mind cooking her assignment.
Of course, being a dutiful house husband and afraid that she would turn off my allowance, I agreed. The assignment is for two dozen brownies and two dozen cookies. How pedestrian!
After some probing it turns out that there is a "Harvest" theme to the party. Not a Halloween theme, even though the party is on the 28th of October, but a harvest theme. Seems that religious sensibilities are to be avoided (but not sexist thoughts).
So, I decided to make Pumpkin Cheesecake Brownies. The problem is that I didn't have a recipe. The recipes on the Internet all lacked for one reason or another. Either there wasn't enough pumpkin or they wasn't enough Cheesecake. They all managed the brownie bits.
So, off I went finding an appropriate Pumpkin Cheesecake recipe that I could use to modify a cheesecake brownie recipe. After some work I found one that I could cut down to size to match the brownie proportions and stiffen up to work in the shortened cooking time. I rewrote the recipe and then brought it into the test kitchen for a tryout.
While cooking I did find that the cream cheese was too liquid to set properly so I modified the recipe again and added more flour to stiffen the cheesecake (I managed to do this within the first batch before combining with the brownie mix).
The result was imperfect. The cheesecake is more liquid than the brownies and swirling the two together makes the brownies soft. But the correction is simple - do not swirl and cook at a slightly lower temperature for a slightly longer time.
But, no one complains. The brownies are pretty (a nice orange topping) and delicious. Add one of those sugared fall pumpkins as a decoration and they will be perfect.
And, the recipe is mine.
Bon Appetit!
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