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Cream Cheese Brownies

Cooking Light
Cream Cheese Brownies
Becky Luigart-Stayner; Melanie J. Clarke
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Good, Solid Recipe

Yield: 36 servings

Ingredients

  • Brownies:
  • Cooking spray
  • 1/2  cup  butter, softened
  • 1 1/2  cups  sugar
  • 1  teaspoon  vanilla extract
  • 2  large egg whites
  • 1  large egg
  • 2/3  cup  unsweetened cocoa
  • 1/2  cup  fat-free milk
  • 1 1/2  cups  all-purpose flour (6 3/4 ounces)
  • 1/2  teaspoon  baking powder
  • 1/4  teaspoon  salt

  • Topping:
  • 1  (8-ounce) block 1/3-less-fat cream cheese
  • 1  tablespoon  cornstarch
  • 1  teaspoon  vanilla extract
  • 1  (14-ounce) can fat-free sweetened condensed milk
  • 1  large egg

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350°.

Coat bottom of a 13 x 9-inch baking pan with cooking spray.

To prepare batter, place butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until fluffy. Add sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla; beat until well blended (about 5 minutes). Add egg whites and egg, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add cocoa and fat-free milk; beat well (mixture will appear curdled). Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; stir with a whisk. Add to cocoa mixture; beat at low speed just until blended. Spoon batter into prepared pan.

To prepare topping, place cream cheese in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until smooth. Gradually add cornstarch and remaining ingredients; beat until smooth. Spread evenly over batter. Bake at 350° for 35 minutes or until set. Cool in pan on a wire rack.

Nutritional Information

Calories:
131 (29% from fat)
Fat:
4.2g (sat 2.5g,mono 1.3g,poly 0.2g)
Protein:
3.2g
Carbohydrate:
20.7g
Fiber:
0.7g
Cholesterol:
23mg
Iron:
0.6mg
Sodium:
88mg
Calcium:
51mg
Elizabeth Taliaferro, Cooking Light, MAY 2002

Member Ratings and Reviews

5 stars
Annelisa
This is a GREAT recipe. I have made it for company a few times and everyone loves it. I even used fat free cream cheese. I bake them for about 5 minutes less than the recipe calls for to keep them gooey.11/29/08

5 stars
Anne
I made this recipe and I thought it was just ok. My husband liked them though. The top set before the middle of the brownie was actually done, which one review already said. This may explain why some people thought the brownie part was too dry.02/04/07