Broadway Brownie Bars Recipes

BROADWAY BROWNIE BARS

Steps:

• Beat (6 ounces) 3/4 cup cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth.
• Add 1/2 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons flour, 1/4 cup butter, 1 egg, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla; beat until blended.
• Set cream cheese batter aside.
• Microwave 1/2 cup butter and 1 square unsweetened chocolate in a 1-quart microwave-safe bowl at HIGH 1 minute or until melted, stirring once.
• In another bowl, beat 2 eggs at medium speed, and gradually add remaining 1 cup sugar, beating well.
• Add 1 teaspoon vanilla extract to the egg/sugar mixture, and beat until blended.
• Add 1 cup flour and baking powder to the egg/sugar/vanilla mixture, beating well.
• Add melted chocolate to the egg/sugar/vanilla/flour mixture, and beat until chocolate batter is blended.
• Stir in 1 cup chopped walnuts.
• Pour chocolate batter into a greased 13- x 9-inch pan.
• Top with cream cheese batter.
• Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup chopped walnuts and the one cup of chocolate chips.
• Bake at 350° for 24-28 minutes.
• Sprinkle with marshmallows, and bake 2 more minutes.
• Combine remaining 1/4 cup butter, remaining 1/4 cup cream cheese, remaining 1 square unsweetened chocolate, and milk in a saucepan.
• Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until butter and chocolate melt.
• Stir in powdered sugar and remaining 1 teaspoon vanilla. (If frosting is too thick, add a tad more milk until desired spreading consistency).
• Drizzle or spread over brownies.
• Chill; cut into squares.

OVER-THE-TOP BROADWAY BROWNIE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. In a small bowl, combine first 6 ingredients until smooth and set aside.
• In a large saucepan over medium heat, melt butter and chocolate. Remove from the heat and let cool.
• Stir in eggs and vanilla. Add sugar, flour, baking powder, and nuts, stirring until blended.
• Spread batter into a 13x9 inch bakin pan coated with cooking spray (I don't use cooking spray at all--I use my butter wrappers to grease the pan).
• Spread filling over batter. For topping, in a small bowl, combine chocolate chips and nuts and sprinkle over filling.
• Bake until almost set, about 28 minutes. Sprinkle with marshmallows and bake 2 minutes longer.
• For frosting, in a large saucepan, heat butter, milk, cream cheese, and chocolate until melted, stirring until smooth.
• Remove from heat and stir in confectioners' sugr and vanilla.
• Immediately drizzle over marshmallows.
• Chill well and cut into bars (I ate them warm and skipped that part).