These heart-shaped brownies are straightforward to make and are topped with cheesecake batter and a easy raspberry sauce, however you need to use store-bought if most well-liked. The result’s tremendous fudgy! You can also make them with all-purpose, complete wheat or gluten-free flour.
The brownie base is my Gluten-free Brownies recipe, BUT! you need to use all-purpose flour or complete wheat flour in the event you don’t want them to be gluten-free.
Entire wheat flour is what was used within the images. And so they positively don’t come out cardboardy or tasting complete grain.
Every model is simply as scrumptious as the opposite! I do know as a result of I’ve made each variation of this recipe potential for the final 9 years.
They’ve been my go-to recipe anytime I must bake for somebody or an occasion. And folks all the time need the recipe!
You probably have any questions concerning the brownie base, I like to recommend trying out the submit. I consider I’ve answered each potential query over there. 🙂
Substances
The complete recipe, with measurements and instructions, is on the backside of this submit. That is simply to present you an summary of what you’ll want.
I’ll reply questions on substitutions additional down within the submit.
In case you’d like to make use of a boxed brownie combine, you may, however I don’t know of the baking time. Whether or not they’re executed or not is form of onerous to gauge with the filling on prime, so that you’ll simply should dig into them.
How one can make them
I’ll let the images do the speaking. These heart-shaped brownies are very easy to make.
It seems to be like a ton of steps, however that’s as a result of you’ve a cheesecake topping and selfmade raspberry sauce.
Need to use store-bought raspberry sauce? It can save you a couple of minutes with that!
Need to skip the straining half? I actually wouldn’t suggest it.
I’ve made the brownies with the seeds nonetheless within the sauce and the crunch actually ruined them for me. However maybe that’s simply me.
It takes lower than a minute and is so well worth the effort. You don’t even should waste them. You possibly can add the seeds to a raspberry smoothie for additional fiber.
Need to use jam? It’s a bit thick, however I believe you could possibly water it down slightly, after which it’d work advantageous.
Need to use a unique fruit? Go for it! You may want roughly sugar.
And needless to say there’ll doubtless be blobs of fruit in your sauce until you smash the fruit with the underside of a glass otherwise you puree the sauce.
Make forward
You can also make the raspberry sauce 4 days upfront. The cheesecake filling 1 day upfront.
You don’t need to combine up the brownie batter upfront. I do have kits of the dry substances prepared for events once I want last-minute treats. That you are able to do months forward of time.
You would doubtless assemble all the things (brownie base + cheesecake + sauce) and refrigerate the pan in a single day, however I haven’t tried it, so I can’t 100% say for certain.
As soon as the brownies are baked, you may refrigerate them for as much as 4 days.
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How one can retailer and freeze
Refrigerate them in an hermetic container. In my Important Presents for New Bakers submit, I wrote about this this set of 8″x8″ pans with lids.
They might be excellent for this recipe! Does anybody have them?
In March, I’ll be going to the US for the primary time since 2015. I’ll be shopping for a set then.
Inform me your must-buy goodies! I’ve $450 value of paleo snack meals in my Amazon cart proper now. 😂 I would must whittle that down a bit.
Anyhow. If you wish to freeze them, wrap the brownies in plastic wrap after which place in a Ziploc bag. They’ll keep good for at the very least 3 months.
Gluten-free choices
Your flour choices for this recipe are:
- A gluten-free baking flour that’s a 1:1 sub for all-purpose flour
- Teff flour
- Buckwheat flour
GF baking flour
Make certain it’s meant as a 1-to-1 sub for all-purpose flour. The one I all the time use is Bob’s Purple Mill 1-to-1 Gluten-free Baking Flour. It’s the one within the blue bag.
I’ve additionally used King Arthur Flour Gluten-free Measure for Measure Flour with nice success. I simply go together with Bob’s as a result of it’s a bit cheaper.
Commenters on my unique brownie recipe have mentioned that they’ve used the gluten-free flour blends from Pillsbury, Namaste and several other others with success.
I don’t suppose I’ve had any commenters say that they didn’t work out. So it appears to be a reasonably versatile recipe!
Teff flour
Up subsequent are two more healthy and complete grain choices. Teff is available in completely different varieties like white/ivory or darkish. It’s mentioned that the darkish type is earthier tastin. Some may say it tastes like filth, like buckwheat.
I’ve used each white and darkish teff flour in these brownies, and you actually can’t detect any distinction – all of the cocoa powder does an ideal job of masking up any earthy and wholesome flavors!
I believe teff isn’t the simplest flour to seek out, however the darkish type is on the market on Amazon.
Buckwheat Flour
Buckwheat can also be superior in these brownies. You possibly can’t style it in any respect in the event you use gentle buckwheat.
There may be some grittiness in the event you use darkish buckwheat. In case you’re questioning what I’m speaking about, try my submit on Is Buckwheat Gluten-free?
In case you don’t need to use any of these different flours, I’ve much more choices for you. 🙂
As I mentioned above, I’ve completely zero thought of the baking time in the event you use a unique base. So that you’d simply should dig in to test them out!
Vegan choice?
A vegan model is sadly unattainable with at this time’s recipe. I do have these Paleo Vegan Brownies, which had been tailored from the identical base as at this time’s recipe, however I’ve by no means made baked vegan cheesecake topping.
You would prime them with ganache or frosting, like this Paleo Chocolate Fudge Frosting, after which sprinkle on crushed freeze-dried raspberries like I did in my Vegan Date Brownies.
I really did simply that final 12 months for Valentine’s Day for my child’s kindergarten academics, as one of many academics is vegan, and so they had been all thrilled with them.
By the best way, the three years of preschool earlier than 1st grade known as kindergarten right here in Germany. So on the off probability somebody has been questioning why my solely youngster has been in kindergarten for 3 years, that’s why. 🙂
Extra heart-shaped desserts for Valentine’s Day
I must say that the desserts are literally simpler than they appear. And also you simply want spherical 8″ pans for them! No specialty pans.
That’s it! I hope you’ll take pleasure in these heart-shaped brownies in the event you attempt them. 🙂 I’d love to listen to what you suppose beneath within the feedback! Completely satisfied Valentine’s Day. ♥♥♥
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- Yield: 9-12
Substances
- 8 ounces (225 grams) cream cheese, room temp
- 1/3 cup (66 grams) granulated sugar
- 1 giant egg (50 grams, out of shell), room temp
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup (125 grams) contemporary or frozen defrosted raspberries
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup (125 grams) all-purpose flour, complete wheat flour or for gluten-free, see notes
- 3/4 cup (86 grams) cocoa powder (I take advantage of Dutch-process), sifted if lumpy
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup + 2 tablespoons (196 grams) oil
- 1 1/2 cups (300 grams) granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 3 giant eggs (50 grams every, out of shell), room temperature
For the cheesecake topping:
Raspberry sauce:
Brownies:
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, utilizing an electrical hand mixer, beat the cream cheese and sugar collectively at medium pace after which excessive pace till effectively mixed.
- Beat within the egg and vanilla on low till effectively mixed.
- Add all raspberry sauce substances to a small saucepan over medium warmth.
- Simmer for about 5-8 minutes or till thickened and syrupy and it coats the again of a spoon. It shouldn’t be as thick as jam. You’ll get about 1/3 cup.
- Set a meals mill or a advantageous mesh sieve over a bowl and pressure the seeds.
- Preheat the oven to 350 °F (175 °C) and line an 8″×8″ (20cmx20cm) pan with parchment paper.
- In a medium mixing bowl, stir collectively the flour, cocoa powder, and salt. Put aside.
- In a big mixing bowl, stir collectively coconut oil, sugar, and vanilla extract.
- As soon as mixed, add the eggs separately and stir simply till mixed.
- Add the dry combination to the moist and stir simply till nearly no streaks of flour stay. Don’t overmix!
- Pour the batter into the ready pan.
- Unfold the cream cheese topping excessive.
- Dollop spoonfuls of raspberry sauce excessive and use a skewer (or no matter software you want) to create swirls.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes. The brownies will jiggle a bit whenever you take away them from the oven, however whenever you see that simply the center is tremendous jiggly, they’re not executed but.
- Take away to a wire rack to chill fully after which chill for two hours or till chilled via.
- Refrigerate leftovers in an hermetic container for as much as 4 days.
Cheesecake filling:
Raspberry sauce:
Brownies:
Notes
- In case you dwell outdoors of the US – to make one thing much like US cream cheese, for 8 ounces (225 grams) of cream cheese, purchase a 300-gram bundle of European cheese cream (the stuff at Aldi, Lidl, and many others. works simply in addition to Philadelphia), put it within the heart of a clear tea towel or cheesecloth, and squeeze out the liquid till you’ve 225 grams of cream cheese.
- For a gluten-free model, you need to use 1 cup (158 grams) teff flour, or 1 cup (125 grams) gentle buckwheat flour or 1 cup (138 grams) Bob’s Purple Mill 1-to-1 Gluten-free Baking Flour, or 1 cup (125 grams) King Arthur Flour Gluten-free Measure for Measure Flour (or an analogous combine that is meant as a direct sub for all-purpose flour.)
- If utilizing coconut oil, I want refined coconut oil over unrefined as refined has zero coconut style to it. You additionally must soften it first. It is what I used within the images and all the time use for this brownie base. However I’ve examined different oils and so they additionally work. Utilizing olive oil would offer you a robust olive taste, so I do not suggest that for these brownies.
