Peanut Butter Marble Brownies


Servings: 16 bar servings.


What you need:


Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
-------- ------------ --------------------------------
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1/3 cup hershey's® cocoa
3 eggs -- divided
1 1/4 cups sugar -- divided
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup reese's peanut butter chips -- divided
1 package cream cheese -- 3oz,softened



Ready, set, cook!


1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease square pan, 9 x 9 x 2 inches.

2. In small saucepan melt butter; remove from heat. Stir in cocoa,
blending well;
set aside.

3. In small mixer bowl beat 2 of the eggs until foamy; gradually add 1
cup sugar
and vanilla, blending well.

4. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; blend into egg mixture. Add
cocoa mixture
and 1/2 cup peanut butter chips; blend well.

5. Remove 1/2 cup batter and set aside. Spread remaining batter in
prepared pan.
In top of double boiler over hot, not boiling, water melt remaining
1/2 cup
peanut butter chips.

6. In small mixing bowl combine cream cheese, remaing 1/4 cup sugar
and melted
peanut butter chips; beat until smooth. Add remaining egg; blend
well.

7. Spread cream cheese mixture over chocolate batter. Drop reserved
1/2 cup chocolate
batter by spoonfuls onto cream cheese layer. Use knife to gently
swirl top of
batter into cream cheese layer for marbled effect.

8. Bake 40 to 45 minutes or just until brownies begin to pull away
from sides of
pan. Cool completely in pan. Cut into squares.


Nutritional Information:

196 Calories (kcal); 12g Total Fat; (53% calories from fat);
3g Protein; 20g Carbohydrate; 66mg Cholesterol; 161mg Sodium


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