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         Plaza Bakery's Cream Cheese Topped Chocolate Brownies

Recipe By     : The Houston Post, Sep 18, 1991
Serving Size  : 8    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Brownies

 Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
                       Topping:
  8      oz            Cream cheese; room temperature
    1/2  c             Sugar
  1      lg            Egg; room temperature
    1/2  ts            Vanilla
  1      pn            Salt
                       Brownies:
  8      oz            Semisweet chocolate -- chopped
    1/2  c             Unsalted butter
  4      lg            Eggs
  1      c             Sugar
  1      ts            Vanilla extract
    1/4  ts            Salt
  1      c             Flour
    1/2  c             Semi-sweet chocolate chips

For Topping:

Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease 9" square baking pan. The pan
must be at least 2" deep. Dust pan with flour; tap out excess. Using
electric mixer, beat cream cheese with sugar in medium bowl until
smooth. Blend in egg, vanilla, and salt. Set topping aside while
preparing brownie batter.

For Brownies:

Melt chocolate and butter in heavy saucepan over very low heat,
stirring until smooth. Cool slightly. Using electric mixer, beat
eggs, sugar, vanilla, and salt in a large bowl until thick, about
3 minutes. Stir in melted chocolate, then flour and semisweet
chocolate chips.

Pour batter into prepared pan; smooth top. Spoon cream cheese topping
into pastry bag fitted with 1/2" round tip. Pipe cheese mixture in
diagonal lines atop brownie batter, spacing line 1/2 to 3/4" apart.
Run tip of small knife through cream cheese on opposite diagonal,
spacing 1/2" apart and creating V pattern.

Bake until toothpick inserted comes out with a few moist crumbs still
attached, about 40 minutes. Cool dessert in pan on rack for 3 hours.
Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours. Can be prepared up to 2 days
ahead. Run sharp knife around pan to loosen. Serve cold.

Yield: 12 Brownies.

Posted by: Lise Waring <[email protected]>


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