Cream Cheese Brownies

Ingredients:

4 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate
1 cup butter or margarine
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Ingredients:

• 4 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate
• 1 cup butter or margarine
• Cream Cheese Filling — (recipe follows)
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup coarsely chopped nuts

CREAM CHEESE FILLING

• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese — softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 egg

Heat oven to 350º. Grease rectangular pan, 13 × 9 × 2 inches. Melt chocolate and butter over low heat, stirring frequently, until smooth; remove from heat. Cool 5 minutes. Meanwhile, prepare Cream Cheese Filling; set aside.

Beat chocolate mixture, sugar, vanilla and eggs in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed 1 minute, scraping bowl occasionally. Beat in flour and salt on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl occasionally. Beat on medium speed 1 minute. Stir in nuts.

Spread half of the batter (about 2 1/2 cups) in pan. Spread Cream Cheese Filling over batter. Carefully spread remaining batter over filling. Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely. Cut into 8 rows by 6 rows. Store covered in refrigerator.

CREAM CHEESE FILLING:

Beat all ingredients with spoon until smooth.

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