Marbled Chocolate Brownies
Fend off any Friday the 13th frights by baking up a batch of these sweet, delicious cream-cheese-swirl brownies. Then munch them all weekend long!
Credit: Nestle
Servings: 30 brownies
Ingredients:
* 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
* 1/3 cup Nestle Toll House Baking Cocoa
* 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
* 1 cup (6 ounces) Nestle Toll House Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
* 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
* 2 tablespoons margarine
* 3 large egg whites
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 4 ounces light cream cheese (Neufchatel), softened
* 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
* 1 tablespoon nonfat milk
Directions:
Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Heat 1 1/4 cups sugar, morsels, applesauce and margarine in large, heavy-duty saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly just until morsels are melted. Remove from heat. Stir in egg whites.
Add cocoa mixture and vanilla extract; stir well. Spread into greased 13-by-9-inch baking pan. Stir together cream cheese, 1 tablespoon sugar and milk in small bowl. Drop by rounded teaspoon over batter; swirl over surface of batter with back of spoon.
Bake in preheated 325-degree-F oven for 22 to 28 minutes, or just until set. Cool completely in pan on wire rack.
