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Cream Cheese Brownies with Chocolate Frosting

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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • BROWNIE BATTER:
  • 1 C butter softened
  • 2 C sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 8 T cocoa powder
  • 1 1/2 C flour
  • dash salt
  • CREAM CHEESE BATTER:
  • 1 8 oz package cream cheese softened
  • 1/2 C sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 t vanilla
  • dash salt
  • FROSTING:
  • 1/4 C butter
  • 1/2 C cocoa
  • 4-6 T milk
  • 1 1/2 t vanilla
  • 3-4 C powdered sugar

Instructions
 

  • 1. To make the brownie batter, beat the butter, sugar and eggs until creamed together nicely. Should take about 3-4 minutes.
  • 2. In a separate bowl combine the flour, cocoa and dash of salt.
  • 3. Pour the dry ingredients into the creamed mixture and mix until all is well combined.
  • 4. Spray an 9 x 13 pan with cooking spray. Spread about 2/3 of your Brownie Batter into the pan.
  • 5. Let's make the Cream Cheese Batter! Beat your cream cheese until nice and smooth. Add the other ingredients and beat for about 3 minutes.
  • 5. Pour it right on top of your Brownie Batter.
  • 6. Spread it all around.
  • 7. Take the rest of your Brownie Batter and spoon it onto your Cream Cheese Batter.
  • 8. Spread the top layer of Brownie Batter around just a bit. You don't want to mix the two batters up too much. They just need to be marbled a bit. If you stick your knife strait up into the air you can make pretty patterns like this. But seriously...it doesn't matter much. They just need to be marbled together.
  • 9. Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes, or until a toothpick comes clean out of the center.
  • 10. Remove from the oven and cool completely.
  • 11. To make the frosting melt your butter in a glass measuring cup.
  • Pour the cocoa into the melted butter and stir well to make a thick paste.
  • 12. Pour just 2 T of the milk into the chocolate paste and stir until smooth.
  • 13. In a large mixing bowl combine 3 C powdered sugar, the chocolate paste, vanilla and 2 more T milk. Beat the frosting. As it begins to come together add more milk until it is smooth and glossy. If it's too runny add more powdered sugar and beat well.
  • 14. Spread the frosting over the top of your cooled brownies.
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