Chocolate Streusel Brownies

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
• 3/4 cup cocoa
• 1 cup cold butter
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In bowl, mix flour, sugar and cocoa; with pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
3. Press all but 2 cups mixture over bottom of a 13 x 9 inch baking pan.
4. Bake for 15 minutes.
5. Cut up cream cheese; place in large bowl. With mixer at high speed, beat until fluffy. At medium speed, gradually beat in sweetened condensed milk until blended.
6. Beat in egg and vanilla extract; pour over crust in baking pan.
7. To reserved crumb mixture in bowl, add chocolate chips and nuts; mix well. Crumble over cream-cheese mixture.
8. Bake for 25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
9. Cool on wire rack; refrigerate until firm.
10. Cut into squares; store in the refrigerator.

Attribution

McCall's magazine, October 1994