Fudge Nut Brownies

Recipe Ingredients

• 12.00 oz Semi-sweet chocolate pieces
• 1.00 pk (8 oz) cream cheese
• 0.67 c Evaporated milk
• 1.00 c Chopped walnuts
• 1.50 c Sugar
• 0.50 c Margarine
• 2.00 Eggs
• 0.50 ts Vanilla extract
• 3.00 c Flour
• 1.00 ts Baking powder
• 0.50 ts Salt

Recipe Directions

• ""Give me anything but make it chocolate" is the rousing cry in many households.


• Chocolate it is with these unforgettable fudge nut bars.


• If you can keep hungry fingers off long enough, they freeze beautifully! In saucepan, combine chocolate pieces, cream cheese and evaporated milk; stir over low heat until smooth.


• Stir in nuts.


• Preheat oven to 375.


• In a large bowl, cream sugar and margarine until light and fluffy, Blend in eggs and vanilla.


• Add flour, baking powder and salt; mix well.


• Press half of flour mixture onto bottom of 12 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan.


• Spread chocolate mixture over crust.


• Sprinkle with remaining crust mixture; press down gently.


• Bake 30 minutes or until crust is lightly browned.


• Cool and cut into bars.


• To freeze: prepare as directed.


• Wrap securely; freeze.


• When ready to serve, thaw unwrapped at room temperature, approximately 2 hours.


• Yield: 2 4.


• Pat Thomas, retired food editor, Yakima WA Randy Shearer

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