Cream-cheese Brownies

Total Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate piece
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons hot water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts, if desired
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, room temperature
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 prepare cream-cheese filling; set aside.
• 2 preheat oven to 350°f grease an 8- or 9-inch-square baking pan.
• 3 in a medium saucepan, combine butter or margarine and chocolate pieces.
• 4 heat over low heat until melted and smooth, stirring constantly. remove from heat.
• 5 stir in sugar, eggs, water and vanilla until combined. add flour, baking soda and salt, stirring well. stir in walnuts, if desired.
• 6 spread half the chocolate batter evenly in greased baking pan. top with cream-cheese filling, spreading evenly.
• 7 drop spoonfuls of remaining chocolate batter evenly on top of cheese filling, spreading as evenly as possible with a knife. swirl knife gently through batter to marble.
• 8 bake 30 to 35 minutes. do not overbake. brownies should be moist in center. cool in pan.
• 9 cut cooled brownies into squares. store in refrigerator.
• 10 cream-cheese filling: in a small bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, egg and vanilla until smooth.