Almond Macaroon Brownies
Author/Submitted by: Servings: 16 Categories:
Brownies
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Chocolate
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Desserts
Ingredients: 3
ounces
cream cheese,
softened
6
tablespoons
butter or margarine 3/4
cup
sugar 3
eggs 1/2
cup
flour, all-purpose 1
tablespoon
flour, all-purpose 1 2/3
cups
coconut flakes 1
cup
almonds,
whole
6
semisweet chocolate square 1/2
teaspoon
vanilla extract 1/2
teaspoon
baking powder 1/4
teaspoon
salt
Directions:
Beat cream cheese and 2 tbls. margarine until softened; beat
in 1/4 cup sugar. Stir in 1 egg, 1 tbls flour and
coconut. Chop the almonds, reserving 16 almonds for garnish.
Stir in 1/3 of the chopped almonds. Set aside. Stir 5
squares chocolate and the remaining margarine over low heat
until melted. Remove from heat; stir in 1/2 cup sugar and
vanilla. Beat in 2 eggs. Stir in 1/2 cup flour, baking
powder and salt.
Add remaining chopped almonds. Spread chocolate batter in a
greased 8x8 square pan. Spread cheese batter on top. Garnish
with the whole almonds. Bake at 350~ for 40 minutes or until
center is done.(don't overbake!) Melt the remaining
chocolate, drizzle over brownies.
Cool in pan. Cut into bars.
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