Cherry Brownies
Cherry brownies are a rich brownie with no frosting, a fudge-like base, and a cheesecake-like top, filled with maraschino cherries and chocolate chips.
- Time
- 50 minutes
- Servings
- 36
Ingredients
Base
- 2 ea. (100 g) eggs
- 1 cup (2.4 dl) white granulated sugar
- 6 tbsp margarine
- ¼ cup (0.6 dl) cocoa
- ¾ cup (1.8 dl) flour
- ¼ tsp salt
Topping
- 4 ounces (110 g) softened cream cheese
- ¼ cup (0.6 dl) maraschino cherry syrup
- ¼ cup (0.6 dl) icing sugar
- 1 egg
- ½ cup (1.2 dl) semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ½ cup (1.2 dl) maraschino cherries
Method
- Melt margarine in a saucepan over medium-low heat, then mix in the cocoa.
- Add the sugar, salt, and eggs. Mix well and then fold in the flour.
- Spread in a greased 9 x 9-inch (22 x 22 cm) cake pan and set aside.
- Beat the cream cheese, cherry syrup and icing sugar together in a bowl until creamy.
- Add the egg to the mixture and blend well.
- Mix in the chocolate chips and cherries.
- Pour the second mixture over top the base.
- Bake at 350 °F/175 °C for 30โ40 minutes, until a toothpick poked through the centre comes out moist (but not wet with batter).
- Let cool and cut into 36 squares.
Notes
- Cool for at least 10 minutes before cutting and eating or you will have hot broken brownies.
Categories
- Recipes for brownies
- Recipes using dark chocolate
- Recipes using cherry
- Baking recipes
- Recipes for dessert
- Recipes for bars
- Recipes using white sugar
- Recipes using powdered sugar
- Recipes using cocoa powder
- Recipes using cream cheese
- Recipes using egg
- Recipes using wheat flour
- Recipes using maraschino cherry
- Recipes using margarine