Valentine’s Day is approaching and what better way to show your family and friends how much you love them than home baked goods! No dessert is more fitting for celebrating this holiday than red velvet.

Today we bring you a recipe for Red Velvet Cheesecake Brownies from Just A Taste. These sinfully delicious brownies are so rich and scrumptious, plus whipping these up with some help from your tot or tots are the perfect way to spend this Sunday’s holiday.

Check out the recipe below and let us know how it goes in the comments, or by tagging us in your pictures and videos. Happy baking!

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Ingredients

Brownies:

• 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted, plus more for greasing pan
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 Tablespoon red food coloring
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon white vinegar
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour

Cheesecake Filling:

• 1 (8-oz.) package cream cheese, softened
• 3 Tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 large egg yolk

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350ºF.
2. Line an 8×8-inch baking pan with parchment paper and grease it with butter.
3. In a large bowl, combine the melted 8 tablespoons butter with the sugar, cocoa powder, vanilla, food coloring and salt, stirring to combine. Then stir in the white vinegar.
4. Whisk together the eggs in a small bowl, and then stir them into the brownie batter. Fold in the flour, just until combined, then pour the batter into the prepared pan, reserving 1/4 cup of the batter for the topping.
5. In the bowl of a stand mixer (or using a handheld electric mixer), blend together the cream cheese, sugar, vanilla and egg yolk until well combined. Spread the cream cheese mixture in an even layer over the brownie batter then top the cream cheese with dollops of the remaining brownie batter. Using a sharp knife or toothpick, swirl the cream cheese together with the dollops of brownie batter.
6. Bake the brownies for 30 minutes. Remove them from the oven and let them cool completely before lifting the parchment out of the pan then slicing and serving.