Marbled Brownies

Marbled Brownies

Cream Cheese Filling:

  • 3 oz package cream cheese, softened
  • 2 T butter or marg’arine, softened
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 egg, slightly beaten
  • 1 T flour
  • 1/2 t vanilla

Blend cream cheese, butter or margarine, and sugar in small mixer bowl. Beat until fluffy. Add egg, flour, and vanilla; blend well.

Brownies:

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 t vanilla
  • 1/2 cup unsifted flour
  • 1/2 t baking powder
  • 1/4 t salt
  • 1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Melt butter in a small saucepan, remove from heat. Stir in cocoa, cool. Beat eggs in small mixing bowl until foamy. Gradually add sugar and vanilla; blend well. Stir in flour, baking powder, and salt. Add chocolate mixture and nuts.

Spread 2/3 of chocolate batter into a greased 9" square pan. Spread cream cheese filling over chocolate. Drop spoonfuls of remaining chocolate batter onto cream cheese layer. Gently swirl chocolate batter into cream cheese layer with a spatula to marble. Bake at 350° for 40-50 minutes or until brownie springs back when lightly touched in center. Cool completely in pan; cut into squares.

Lynn Wright