Cream Cheese Filled Brownies

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 7 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup sugar, plus
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/3 cup butter, plus
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
• 3/4 cup self rising flour, sifted
• 1 3/4 ounces pecans, chopped
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
• pecan halves, to dectorate (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350f.
• 2 lightly grease an 8-inch square cake pan and line with parchment beat together the cheese, vanilla, extract, and 5 teaspoons of the sugar until smooth, set aside beat the eggs and remaining sugar until light and fluffy.
• 3 place the butter and the cocoa in a small pan and gently heat, stirring until the butter melts and the mixture combines, then stir it into the egg mixture.
• 4 fold in the flour and nuts pour half of the brownie mixture into the bottom of the prepared baking pan and level the top.
• 5 carefully spread the cream cheese mixture over that, then top with the remain brownie mixture.
• 6 bake for 40-45 minutes, cool in the pan to make the frosting, melt the butter in the milk.
• 7 stir in the confectioner's sugar and the cocoa.
• 8 spread over the cooled brownies and decorate with the pecan halves.
• 9 cut into 16 squares and serve.