Minimor
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Okay, this is good any time of the year, but I always associate it with Christmas:
Cream Cheese Brownies
Cream cheese 4 oz
Egg 1
Sugar ½ cup
All purpose flour 2 tbsp
Maraschino cherries
well drained & cut up ½ cup
Eggs 2
Sugar 1 cup
All purpose flour ¾ cup
Chopped pecans ½ cup
Cocoa ¼ cup (3 or 4 tablespoons if you like a
lighter chocolate flavor)
Butter or margarine ½ cup
Cheese layer: Beat cheese & 1 egg well. Blend sugar & flour in
gradually, beating until well blended. Stir in cherries. Set aside.
Brownie layer: Beat 2 eggs until frothy. Add next 3 ingredients.
Melt and stir cocoa & butter. Add to second egg mixture. Stir well.
Spread scant 2/3 of this mixture into greased 8x8 inch pan. Carefully
spread cheese filling over. Cover as completely as you can with remaining
brownie mixture. Bake in 350F oven for 30-35 minutes. Should show
signs of pulling away from edge of pan.
Icing:
Icing sugar 1 1/3 cups
Cocoa 1/3 cup (2-3 tablespoons for lighter
chocolate flavor)
Butter or margarine 3 tbsp
Hot water 5 tsp
Put all ingredients into small bowl. Beat. If too stiff to spread
Easily, add a few drops more liquid.
I used to take a pan of these to work every Christmas; it's been a few years since I've bothered (I tell the staff they aren't worth the effort any more!!
) Someone mentions them every so often though, and comment on how nice it would be if I'd bring some again. Every time we get a new staff member it gets pointed out to him/her that "Holly makes these really good cream cheese brownies...." (hint hint???)
I have a pan of them in the oven as I type this. Yummmmm.
Edited to add: These are kind of fussy to layer, especially that top layer of brownie mix--I just kind of trickle it off the spoon here & there & it covers "most" of the cheese layer.
Cream Cheese Brownies
Cream cheese 4 oz
Egg 1
Sugar ½ cup
All purpose flour 2 tbsp
Maraschino cherries
well drained & cut up ½ cup
Eggs 2
Sugar 1 cup
All purpose flour ¾ cup
Chopped pecans ½ cup
Cocoa ¼ cup (3 or 4 tablespoons if you like a
lighter chocolate flavor)
Butter or margarine ½ cup
Cheese layer: Beat cheese & 1 egg well. Blend sugar & flour in
gradually, beating until well blended. Stir in cherries. Set aside.
Brownie layer: Beat 2 eggs until frothy. Add next 3 ingredients.
Melt and stir cocoa & butter. Add to second egg mixture. Stir well.
Spread scant 2/3 of this mixture into greased 8x8 inch pan. Carefully
spread cheese filling over. Cover as completely as you can with remaining
brownie mixture. Bake in 350F oven for 30-35 minutes. Should show
signs of pulling away from edge of pan.
Icing:
Icing sugar 1 1/3 cups
Cocoa 1/3 cup (2-3 tablespoons for lighter
chocolate flavor)
Butter or margarine 3 tbsp
Hot water 5 tsp
Put all ingredients into small bowl. Beat. If too stiff to spread
Easily, add a few drops more liquid.
I used to take a pan of these to work every Christmas; it's been a few years since I've bothered (I tell the staff they aren't worth the effort any more!!
I have a pan of them in the oven as I type this. Yummmmm.
Edited to add: These are kind of fussy to layer, especially that top layer of brownie mix--I just kind of trickle it off the spoon here & there & it covers "most" of the cheese layer.
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