Cream Cheese Brownies

These are some of our family’s favorite brownies! One of my sisters made up a batch tonight and I thought I’d share the recipe with y’all.

BROWNIE INGREDIENTS:

• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 1/3 cup honey, sucanat w/honey, or sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 6 Tbsp. butter or margarine
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1/2 cup unbleached all-purpose flour OR 3/4 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/2 tsp. baking powder

Melt chocolate chips and margarine. Add the honey (or sugar or sucanat w/honey), eggs, and vanilla. Stir till just blended. Stir together the flour and baking powder and add to chocolate mixture, stirring till moistened.

Pour about 2/3 of the batter into a greased 9″ square pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 10 minutes. While it’s baking, prepare the cheese filling.

CHEESE FILLING INGREDIENTS:

• 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar or sucanat w/honey
• 1 egg
• dash of salt

Mix together the cream cheese and the sugar (or sucanat w/honey). Add the egg and salt. Mix well.

When brownie “base” is removed from the oven, pour the cream cheese filling over it and spoon on the remaining chocolate mixture. Use a butter knife to swirl them together. Bake at 350 degrees F for 35 minutes.

Yield: 24 small brownies

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