Cookies & Bars
14 ingredients

Ingredients

  • ½ cup butter or margarine
  • 1¼ cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • 2 eggs
  • ¾ cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 tsp instant coffee crystals
  • 2 tbsp water
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • ¾ cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup filling; 6 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1 pkg filling; 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • ¼ cup filling confectioners' sugar
  • ⅓ cup filling seedless red raspberry jam
  • ¼ cup glaze semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1 tsp glaze shortening

Method

  1. In a heavy saucepan, melt the butter and chocolate chips over low heat. Cool slightly. In a large bowl, beat the eggs and brown sugar. Dissolve the coffee crystals in the water; add to the egg mixture with the melted chocolate. Mix well. Combine the baking powder and flour; stir into the chocolate mixture. Spread in a greased 9-in. square baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes or until the brownies test done. Cool.
  2. For filling, melt the chocolate chips; cool. In a mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese until fluffy; add the confectioners' sugar and jam. Stir in the melted chocolate; spread over the cooled brownies.
  3. For glaze, melt the chocolate chips and shortening. Drizzle over the filling. Chill before cutting. Store in the refrigerator.

Notes

1st place. Yield: about 5 dozen. From Leslie Knicl, Mahomet, Illinois.

Original card

The recipe above was transcribed from this scan of Vera’s original card.