Cream Cheese Brownies
A Betty Crocker betty-crocker-cookies recipe for Cream Cheese Brownies.
Ingredients
- 4 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate
- 1 cup butter or margarine
- 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese -- softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 egg
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 4 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup coarsely chopped nuts
Instructions
- 1
Heat oven to 350º.
- 2
Grease rectangular pan, 13 × 9 × 2 inches.
- 3
Melt chocolate and butter over low heat, stirring frequently, until smooth; remove from heat.
- 4
Cool 5 minutes.
- 5
Meanwhile, prepare Cream Cheese Filling; set aside.
- 6
Beat chocolate mixture, sugar, vanilla and eggs in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed 1 minute, scraping bowl occasionally.
- 7
Beat in flour and salt on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl occasionally.
- 8
Beat on medium speed 1 minute.
- 9
Stir in nuts.
- 10
Spread half of the batter (about 2 1/2 cups) in pan.
- 11
Spread Cream Cheese Filling over batter.
- 12
Carefully spread remaining batter over filling.
- 13
Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- 14
Cool completely.
- 15
Cut into 8 rows by 6 rows.
- 16
Store covered in refrigerator.