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Cream Cheese Brownies from Scratch

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Cream Cheese Brownies from Scratch
  • Prep 25 min
  • Total 3 hr 15 min
  • Servings 48
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Enjoy these delicious cheese filled chocolate brownies - perfect dessert to impress your guests.
By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated May 20, 2019

Ingredients

Cream Cheese Filling

  • 2 packages (8 oz each) cream cheese, softened
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1 large egg

Brownies

  • 1 cup butter or margarine
  • 4 oz unsweetened baking chocolate
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour*
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup coarsely chopped nuts
Make With
Make With
Gold Medal Flour

Steps

  • 1
    Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan with shortening.
  • 2
    In medium bowl, beat all filling ingredients with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth; set aside.
  • 3
    In 1-quart saucepan, melt butter and chocolate over low heat, stirring frequently. Remove from heat; cool 5 minutes.
  • 4
    In large bowl, beat chocolate mixture, sugar, vanilla and eggs 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 1 3/4 cups of the batter in pan. Spread filling over batter. Drop remaining batter in mounds randomly over filling; carefully spread to cover cream cheese layer.
  • 5
    Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on wire rack, about 2 hours. For brownies, cut into 8 rows by 6 rows. Store covered in refrigerator.

Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens

  • tip 1
    For 6 grams of fat and 120 calories per serving, use softened reduced-fat cream cheese (Neufchâtel), , in the Cream Cheese Filling. For brownies, substitute 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce for 1/2 cup of the butter and 2 eggs plus 4 egg whites for the 4 eggs. Decrease nuts to 1/2 cup.

Nutrition

160 Calories, 11g Total Fat, 2g Protein, 15g Total Carbohydrate, 11g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Brownie
Calories
160
Calories from Fat
100
Total Fat
11g
16%
Saturated Fat
5g
25%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
45mg
14%
Sodium
85mg
4%
Potassium
50mg
1%
Total Carbohydrate
15g
5%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
11g
Protein
2g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
6%
6%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
4%
4%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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