Recipe - German Cream Cheese Brownies

4 ounce Sweet chocolate squares
5 tablespoon Butter
3 ounce Cream cheese
1 cup Sugar
3 lg Egg
One half cup Flour; plus 1 tablespoon
1 One half teaspoon Vanilla
One half teaspoon Baking powder
One fourth teaspoon Salt
One half cup Nuts; chopped (opt.)
One half teaspoon Almond extract

Melt chocolate and 3 tbsp butter. Cool and set aside. Cream remaining
butter with cream cheese until softened. Gradually add One fourth cup sugar
creaming until light and fluffy. Blend in 1 egg, 1 tbsp flour and One half tsp
vanilla. Set aside. Beat remaining egg well. Add remaining Three fourths cup sugar,
beating until thickened. Add baking powder, salt and remaining flour. Blend
in cooled chocolate mixture, nuts, almond extract and remaining 1 tsp of
vanilla. Measure 1 cup of chocolate mixture and set aside. Spread remaining
chocolate batter in 9" greased pan. Top with cream cheese mixture and swirl
to marble. Cover with remaining batter. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 40
min. Cool them cut into 24 squares.

Recipe by: Carol Linkkila

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #1064 by Nancy BNRead@worldnet.att.net on
Jan 30, 1998