Mast Brother's Cookbook

Joann took me to the happiest place on Earth (Barnes and Noble) and let me pick out a few cookbooks!  This one grabbed my attention.  The Mast Brother's own a cool factory/chocolate shop in Williamsberg Brooklyn.  That's right, hipster Fair Trade, ecofriendly,  gourmet chocolate.  This book is all chocolate, sweet and savory and dark chocolate only.  It is very Hemingway with the brother's talking about their trips to Maine and South America.    It is simple and very masculine with complex cooking.

I made Marbled Cheesecake Brownies.   At first they were intensely chocolate, (I liked) and by they next day they mellowed and became for fudgy.  At tat point, these brownies become like gold in my house with both parents sneaking portions hourly.  The next thing I think I am in to make is a Dark and Stormy cake.  It is supposed to snow on Sunday, so I thought it is a good time.  Plus there is no cake called The Shining.

Easy, and tasty, but use good dark chocolate.

Marbled Cheesecake Brownies

Makes 16

Dark chocolate          12oz copped (used my expensive chips.)
Unsalted Buter           3\4cup
Brown Sugar               1 1\2 cups
Vanilla bean (they use the seeds scraped from it, I used extract)
Eggs                            5
All Purpose Flour        1\2c
Baking Power             1 teaspoon
Sea SaLT                     1 teaspoon
Cream Ceesse             4 oz whipped

Preheat oven to 325, butter an 8 inch square pan


Melt he chocolate, butter, and brown sugar in a medium saucepan over low heat
Add vanilla seeds or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Add eggs and combine
Add flour, baking powder and salt and combine until smooth
Gently fold in a quarter of the cream cheese at a time, leaving a marbled effect
Pour Marbled batter in pan
Bake for 40 minutes.  Let Cool.