Curdled or cooked - it's a fine line

We've had a lot of travel time early this fall. When I'm not the one in the driver seat or making sure we are on a plane, I have a notebook where I write all the things that are floating around in my brain that need to be written out. Being trapped in a plane or car is the perfect place to get all those things on paper so I don't have to think about them anymore. Coming up with baking plans for a meeting worked well since I didn't realize it was in just one week. I saw this recipe and it looked very promising for Andy's meeting crowd - a little fruit and some chocolate - a win. And win was right. I cut it into 12 pieces and they ate 11! That's the most they've ever eaten of anything I've ever baked!
But let's talk about this recipe a moment... 45-60 minutes is... not accurate, at all. I made it in an 8 x 8 and that 1 inch did not make the hour difference... this thing baked for at least 2 hours. I baked until it had no more jiggle in the middle, that rhymed.... So sure... bake it until you kill it - but don't curdle it... fine line.

Strawberry Cheesecake Brownies
1 cup (200 g) granulated sugar
½ cup (64 g) all-purpose flour
⅓ cup (40 g) Dutch-processed cocoa powder
¼ teaspoon kosher salt
¼ teaspoon baking powder
2 large eggs, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cup (1 stick / 113 g) unsalted butter, melted, then cooled
Cheesecake layer
2 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, room temperature
2 large eggs, room temperature
⅓ cup (67 g) granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon kosher salt
Strawberry Swirl
1 ½ cups (383 g) strawberry pie filling

Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a 9×9-inch pan with parchment paper, leaving some overhang on the sides for easy removal.
Brownie Layer
In a large bowl whisk together sugar, flour, cocoa powder, salt, and baking powder. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, vanilla, and cooled melted butter until smooth. Pour into the dry ingredients and stir until just combined.
Spread the brownie batter evenly into the prepared pan. Set aside.
Cheesecake Layer
In a large bowl, use a hand mixer to beat the cream cheese, eggs, sugar, vanilla, and salt until smooth.
Spread the cream cheese mixture evenly over the brownie layer.
Strawberry Swirl
Spoon the strawberry pie filling over the cream cheese layer in small dollops.
Gently spread the filling to create an even layer.
Use a knife or skewer to swirl the strawberry and cheesecake layers together, being careful not to disturb the brownie layer.
Bake and Chill
Bake for 35–40 minutes, or until the center is set. (ours took 2 hours)
Let cool at room temperature for about 1 hour.
Once cooled to room temperature, place the cheesecake brownies in the refrigerator for 4 hours, up to overnight.
Serve chilled.