Red Velvet Cream Cheese Brownies

🧂 Ingredients

• 8 oz. cream cheese

  softened
• 5 tbsp. unsalted butter

  softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 cup UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour

  bleached flour toughens baked goods
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 cup coconut
• 1 box Red Velvet cake mix
• 1 large egg
• 1/3 cup water
• 1/3 cup canola oil

  or coconut oil
• 1 cup nuts

  chopped, (either walnuts or pecans work fine) (measure after chopping)
• 12 oz. bag chocolate chunks

  or chocolate chips

Instructions

• 1 Mix cream cheese and butter with electric mixer.
• 2 Add sugar, eggs, flour and vanilla.
• 3 Stir in coconut.
• 4 Set aside.
• 5 Mix red velvet cake mix, egg, water and oil with a wooden spoon.
• 6 Stir in nuts and chocolate chunks.
• 7 The dough will be thick.
• 8 Spray a 9x13” baking pan with cooking spray (or grease and flour pan).
• 9 Spread half of the cream cheese mixture in bottom of pan.
• 10 Spread out to cover surface of pan.
• 11 Then spread half of the red velvet brownie mixture over top of the cream cheese
  mixture.
• 12 It won’t spread evenly, but you can dollop it onto the mixture and move it
  around slightly to cover the surface the best you can.
• 13 Pour and spread remaining cream cheese mixture over top of the red velvet
  brownie layer, and then remaining red velvet brownie mix.
• 14 Using a wooden spoon swirl through all layers.
• 15 Don’t overdo it, but make sure you swirl the batter in 2 or 3 inch swirls
  throughout the pan.
• 16 Bake at 350° for about 40-45 minutes.
• 17 Be sure mixture is set in the middle.
• 18 Test with a toothpick.
• 19 Cook additional 5 or 10 minutes if necessary, depending on the heat of your
  oven.

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