Marbled Brownies With Variations

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 2/3 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips, divided
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350°f line 8 inch square baking pan with foil; grease foil.
• 2 stir together flour, baking soda and salt.
• 3 in medium saucepan, place sugar, butter and water. cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil. remove from heat.
• 4 immediately add 1 cup of the chocolate chips, stirring until melted. stir in eggs and vanilla until blended.
• 5 add melted mixture to flour mixture, blending well.
• 6 spread 2/3 of the chocolate batter into prepared pan.
• 7 in small bowl, beat softened cream cheese and sugar until smooth. add egg and vanilla; beat well. stir in remaining 2/3 cup chocolate chips.
• 8 spoon over chocolate; drop spoonfuls of remaining chocolate batter onto cream cheese mixture. gently swirl chocolate batter into cream cheese with spatula.
• 9 bake 35 to 40 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from sides of pan. cool completely in pan on wire rack. remove from pan; peel off foil and cut into squares.
• 10 raspberry variation: substitute 2/3 cup raspberry chips for the chocolate chips in the cream cheese mixture; add 2 drops of red food coloring.
• 11 mint variation: substitute 1 2/3 cups mint chocolate chips for the semi-sweet chocolate chips. add 2 drops green food coloring to the cream cheese marble mixture.