White Chocolate Cream Cheese Brownies

Here is one of my very favorite recipes EVER!!! It is actually two recipes that I got at different times, put them together and FANTASTIC! I can't believe I haven't put them on yet. So, here you go. some wonderful brownies with an amazing topping.

Brownies

2 1/2 cubes of butter, softened
2 1/2 cups sugar
5 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1 scant tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups flour
3/4 cup cocoa
1 bag chocolate chips (can use any kind, white, chocolate, peanut butter, mint)

Cream butter and sugar. Add the eggs and vanilla, mix well. Add the dry ingredients, combine. Add chocolate chips. Place in a greased 9x13 pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.


White Chocolate Cream Cheese Topping

2 oz. White Chocolate
2 tbsp milk
Melt together for 1 minute in the microwave.

(I like to have a little more white chocolate flavor, so I do 4 squares and 3 1/2 tbsp milk)

8 oz cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup sugar
Mix well.

Add the chocolate mixture to the cream cheese mixture and stir till well combined. Fold in 1 cup of whipped topping. Top brownies with the mixture. Try not to eat too much, it is SO good!!

Lemon Bars

My mom came to visit this last weekend and she made treats. She is a wonderful person and I am so grateful to have her in my life. We decided to make lemon bars, and this is the recipe we used. It comes from school, so who knows were it really came from, but it works and works well. It is also nice because you do it in a cookie sheet and that is good when you need to feed a crowd, or eat them by yourself.

Lemon Bars

2 cups softened margarine
dash of salt
1/2 cup powdered sugar
3 cups flour

Combine and mix well. Press into a large cookie sheet and bake at 350 for 15 minutes.

8 eggs, beaten
4 cups sugar
1/2 cup flour
3/4 cup lemon juice

Combine flour and suagr. Mix in beaten eggs and lemon juice. Pour onto slighly cooled crust. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes or until set.

Cool and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

They are just amazing and so good to eat. The crust tasted like a shortbread cookie and was FANTASTIC!!