Spiderweb Brownies

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Make brownie batter--portion the batter into two 8" round cake pans.

Combine the cream cheese, sugar, and flour in a small bowl, and mix until smooth. Add the egg yolk and mint, mixing until smooth once again. Transfer the mixture to a disposable pastry bag and cut just the very tip off the end.

Place a small pool of the mixture in the center of the brownie batter. Draw circles of topping around this pool, about 1" apart, moving out from the center each time. Once the circles are draw, take a table knife, wet the tip, and draw it back and forth through the circles. The knife will draw the cream cheese filling into arcs.

Once you've gone all the way around the circles, take up your pastry bag again. Use the remaining filling to trace the path where the knife traveled to create the spokes of the web.

Bake the brownies for 20-25 minutes until the brownies just barely pull away from the edge of each pan. The centers will rise while baking, but will sink back level once the brownies are cool. Remove them from the oven and cool before cutting.

Yield two 8" brownie spiderwebs.