Marble Cream Cheese Brownies

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (4 ounce) package baker's german's chocolate
• 5 tablespoons butter or 5 tablespoons margarine
• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup unsifted all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup coarsely chopped nuts (optional)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract (optional)

Recipe

• 1 melt chocolate and 3 of the tablespoons of butter in a small sauce pan over very low heat, stirring constantly.
• 2 cool and set aside.
• 3 blend remaining butter with cream cheese until softened.
• 4 gradually add 1/4 cup of sugar, beating well.
• 5 blend in 1 egg, 1 tbs flour, and 1/2 tsp vanilla; set aside.
• 6 beat 2 eggs until thick and light in color.
• 7 gradually add 3/4 cup of sugar, beating until thickened.
• 8 add baking powder, salt, and 1/2 cup of flour.
• 9 blend in cooled chocolate mixture and nuts, 1 tsp vanilla and 1/4 tsp almond extract.
• 10 spread 1/2 the chocolate batter in a greased 8 or 9-inch square pan.
• 11 add cheese mixture, spreading evenly over the chocolate batter.
• 12 top with tablespoons of the remaining chocolate batter dotted all over the top of the cream cheese layer.
• 13 zigzag a wide knife through the batter to marble swirl it.
• 14 bake at 350ºf for 35 to 40 minutes, or until top springs back when lightly pressed in the center.
• 15 cool cut in bars or squares.
• 16 makes 16 to 20.