Chocolate Cream Cheese Brownies
Prep Time 25 min
Cook Time 25 Min
Servings 30
Difficulty Easy
Ingredients
- Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
- 1/3 cup Crisco® All-Vegetable Shortening
- OR 1/3 stick Crisco® Baking Sticks All-Vegetable Shortening
- 2 (1 oz.) squares unsweetened chocolate
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 cup chopped salted or unsalted pecans
- CHOCOLATE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
- 1 (3 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
- 1 oz. (1 square) semi-sweet chocolate
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp. milk
Directions
- Step 1
HEAT oven to 350ºF. Coat an 11 1/2 x 7 x 1 1/2-inch pan with no-stick cooking spray.
- Step 2
MELT shortening and chocolate together; stir until smooth. Set aside to cool.
- Step 3
BEAT eggs, sugar, and vanilla in medium bowl until thick. Add cooled chocolate mixture; beat until blended. Stir in flour and salt; add pecans. Turn into pan; spread evenly.
- Step 4
BAKE 25 minutes. Cool in pan on rack.
- Step 6
COMBINE all frosting ingredients in medium bowl; beat until smooth and of spreading consistency. Spread on cooled brownies. Chill before cutting into bars. Store covered in refrigerator.
CHOCOLATE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
Serving size
(1 brownie, 1/30 of recipe)
- Calories 120
- Calories from Fat50g
- Total Fat 6g
- Saturated Fat 2g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0g
- Cholesterol 15mg
- Sodium 55mg
- Potassium 0mg
- Total Carbohydrates 16g
- Dietary Fiber 1g
- Sugars 13g
- Protein 1g
- Vitamin A 0%
- Vitamin C 0%
- Vitamin D 0%
- Calcium 0%
- Thiamin 0%
- Niacin 0%
- Zinc 0%
- Riboflavin 0%
- Iron 0%
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet