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Chocolate Cherry Cream Brownies

Source of Recipe


Anna Tokash



List of Ingredients



• 1 cup butter, cut up
  
• 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
  
• 1¾ cups sugar
  
• 4 eggs
  
• 1 cup flour
  
• ½ tsp salt
  
• ½ cup chopped walnuts
  
• ½ cup chopped maraschino cherries (reserve juice)
  
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• Cream Layer (recipe follows)
  
• Glaze (recipe follows)
  






Instructions



1. Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease a 9- x 13-inch pan.
   In a small saucepan, melt butter and chocolate. Place sugar in a bowl, add chocolate mixture, and whisk to combine. Add eggs, one at a time; mix until smooth.
   
   
2. In another bowl, combine flour and salt; stir into chocolate mixture, then stir in walnuts and cherries. Spread mixture into prepared pan. Bake 25 to 30 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
   
   
3. When brownies are cool, spread cream layer on top. Drizzle glaze over the top.
   
   Makes 2½ dozen brownies.
   
   
   
   • CREAM LAYER
   In a pan, melt ½ cup butter; allow to brown for 5 to 7 minutes. Pour into a bowl and add 4 cups confectioners' sugar, 1/8 to 1/4 cup whipping cream, 1/8 cup chopped maraschino cherries, 2 teaspoons cherry juice, and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract.
   
   • GLAZE
   Melt 2 squares of semisweet chocolate with 1 tablespoon of butter.