Cream-Cheese Brownies
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Yields:
-
1 1/2 inch brownies
- Serves:
- 25
ingredients
- 1⁄4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate piece
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons hot water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3⁄4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 pinch salt
- 1⁄2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts, if desired
-
Cream-Cheese Filling
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, room temperature
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
directions
- Prepare Cream-Cheese Filling; set aside.
- Preheat oven to 350°F Grease an 8- or 9-inch-square baking pan.
- In a medium saucepan, combine butter or margarine and chocolate pieces.
- Heat over low heat until melted and smooth, stirring constantly. Remove from heat.
- Stir in sugar, eggs, water and vanilla until combined. Add flour, baking soda and salt, stirring well. Stir in walnuts, if desired.
- Spread half the chocolate batter evenly in greased baking pan. Top with Cream-Cheese Filling, spreading evenly.
- Drop spoonfuls of remaining chocolate batter evenly on top of cheese filling, spreading as evenly as possible with a knife. Swirl knife gently through batter to marble.
- Bake 30 to 35 minutes. Do not overbake. Brownies should be moist in center. Cool in pan.
- Cut cooled brownies into squares. Store in refrigerator.
- Cream-Cheese Filling: In a small bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, egg and vanilla until smooth.
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