merry cherry swirl brownies

By leelee-2

Ingredients

• filing-2 8oz pkgs cr. cheese soft
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup drained chopped red cherries-maraschino
• 1 tab. cherry juice
• 1 egg
• brownies-4 oz semisweet baking choc
• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 4 eggs
• 1 and 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 cup finely chopped nuts

Preparation

Step 1

heat oven to 350-grease bottoms and sides of 13x9 pan with spray
in bowl beat filling ingredients with spoon and set aside

in saucepan melt choc and butter over low stirring till smooth-remove from heat and cool 5 min

beat choc. mix, sugar, vanilla, and eggs on medium for 1 min. beat in flour and salt on low and then on med 1 min and stir in nuts

spread 1/2 batter in pan and spread filling over and top with remaining batter and gently swirl through with knife
bake 45 to 50 min