Cream Cheese Brownies
Mix in a small bowl -
4oz cream cheese (half a brick)
1 egg
1/2 cup sugar
2 TBSP flour
1/2 cup maraschino cherries, cut up and well drained
Beat cheese and 1 egg well. Blend sugar and flour in gradually until well blended then stir in cherries. Set aside.
Mix in a bigger bowl -
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup flour
1/2 cup walnuts (optional)
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup butter or margarine
Beat the 2 eggs until frothy and add next 4 ingredients. Melt butter and stir in cocoa. Add to the egg/sugar/flour mixture. Stir well.
Spread a scant 2/3rds of the chocolate mixture on the bottom of a well-greased 8×8 pan. Carefully spread or drizzle the cream cheese & cherry mix over top. I used a spatula and let it drizzle off the edge in small doses, moving it back and forth. Spread or drizzle remaining chocolate batter over top as best you can.
Bake in 350 oven for 30 to 35 minutes - it should show signs of pulling away from the edges of the pan. Let cool. Theoretically, you can cut it into 25 measly pieces.
7 Responses to “Cream Cheese Brownies”
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Tomorrow is shopping day, I must include these ingredients in my budget!
How many minutes does it take for your family to empty the pan??
Oh YUM! I already like to make brownies from scratch, with walnuts, and I also like to add little mini-Hershey bars in there too (you can buy them in a bag)… but I’ve never tried cream cheese and cherries! That sounds absolutely sublime, and I think I’ll try it this wknd. Thanks for sharing!
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Oh, my.
my thighs have never recovered from the lemon bars… and now this. @@
I am definitely making these! I first saw your post on this on my iPod. As I scrolled down, the photo filled the screen and I had to stop myself from drooling all over it! Haha
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