Cream Cheese Brownies

By Meals_by_Mel

Enjoy these delicious cheese filled chocolate brownies - perfect dessert to impress your guests.

Ingredients

• purpose flour*1/2teaspoon salt1cup coarsely chopped nuts

Preparation

Step 1

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.