Cream Cheese Brownies

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 8 ounces semisweet chocolate
• 6 1/2 ounces butter
• 5 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 6 ounces cream cheese
• 2 cups sugar
• 6 eggs
• 1 cup fresh walnuts, chopped (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350 degrees f. grease an 9 by 13 inch (3l) cake pan
• 2 sift together the flour, baking powder and salt, set aside.
• 3 melt the chocolate, half the butter and half the vanilla over a double boiler or in the microwave, and let it cool to room temperature.
• 4 cream the remaining butter with the cream cheese, gradually adding in 1/2 cup of the sugar. blend in two eggs, two tablespoons flour mixture and the rest of the vanilla. set aside.
• 5 in a large bowl, with an electric mixer, beat the remaining four eggs with the remaining 1 1/2 cups sugar until very light and fluffy.
• 6 fold in the chocolate mixture, followed by the dry ingredients and nuts, if using.
• 7 por the mixture into the pan, and spread into the corners.
• 8 spoon the cream cheese mixture in long lines, then using a knife or a toothpick swirl the batters together (do not over swirl or the cream cheese brownies will become leaden and beige).
• 9 bake for 30 minutes, or for fudgier brownies no more than 25 minutes. let cool completely before slicing.