Ingredients:
3 oz Cream cheese
6 tbsp Butter or margarine
3/4 cup Sugar
3 Eggs
1/2 cup Flour
1 tbsp Flour
1 2/3 cup Flaked coconut
1 cup Whole blanched almonds
6 oz Semisweet chocolate
1/2 tsp Vanilla
1/2 tsp Baking powder
1/4 tsp Salt
Directions:
Beat cream cheese and 2 tablespoons butter until softened.
Beat in 1/4 cup sugar.
Stir in 1 egg, 1 tablespoon flour and coconut.
Reserve 16 whole almonds, chop the rest.
Stir in 1/3 cup chopped almonds; set aside.
Melt 5 oz chocolate and remaining butter (4 T) over low heat, until melted.
Remove from heat. Stir in 1/2 cup sugar and vanilla.
Beat in 2 eggs. Stir in 1/2 cup flour, baking powder and salt.
Add remaining chopped almonds. Spread cheese batter on top.
Garnish with whole almonds.
Bake for 40 minutes until cake tester comes out clean, don’t overbake.
Melt remaining square of chocolate and drizzle over the brownies.
Cool in pan. Cut into squares.
Recipe can be doubled.
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Ingredients:
4 oz Sweet cooking chocolate
5 tb Butter or margarine
3 oz Cream cheese, softened
1 cup Sugar
3 Eggs
1/2 c Plus 1 tbsp all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
1/2 tspĀ Baking powder
1/4 tsp Salt
1/4 tsp Almond extract
1/2 c Chopped nuts
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Melt butter and 3 tbsp butter over low heat; cool.
Cream remaining butter with the cream cheese until fluffy.
Gradually add 1/4 c sugar, creaming until light.
Add 1 egg, 1 tablespoon flour and 1/2 ts vanilla; mix until smooth and then set aside.
Beat remaining eggs until fluffy and lemon colored.
Gradually add remaining sugar, beating until thick.
Fold in remaining flour and the baking powder and salt.
Blend in chocolate mixture.
Then add almond extract, remaining vanilla and the nuts.
Measure 1 cup batter and reserve.
Spread remainder in 9″ square pan.
Pour cheese mixture over top.
Drop reserved chocolate batter by tablespoonfuls over top.
Swirl mixtures together with spatula to marbleize.
Bake 35-40 minutes.
Cool in pan on cake rack.
Then cut in 2 14″ squares.
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