Marbled Cherry Brownies

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 1/3 cup cocoa
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/3 cup chopped maraschino cherry, well drained

Recipe

• 1 prepare cherry cream filling; set aside.
• 2 cherry cream filling: beat cream cheese and sugar in small bowl on medium speed of electric mixer until blended.
• 3 add egg, vanilla and almond extract; beat well. (mixture will be thin.)
• 4 stir in cherries.
• 5 heat oven to 350°f grease 9-inch square baking pan.
• 6 for brownies: stir butter and cocoa in small bowl until well blended; cool slightly.
• 7 beat eggs in medium bowl until foamy. gradually add sugar and vanilla, beating until well blended.
• 8 stir together flour, baking powder and salt; add to egg mixture.
• 9 add cocoa mixture; stir until well blended. spread half of chocolate batter into prepared pan; cover with cherry filling.
• 10 drop spoonfuls of remaining chocolate batter over filling. with knife or spatula, gently swirl chocolate batter into filling for marbled effect.
• 11 bake 35 to 40 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from sides of pan.
• 12 cool; cut into squares.
• 13 cover and refrigerate leftover brownies. bring to room temperature to serve.