{"id":941,"date":"2026-02-11T14:36:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T14:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/veroskitchen\/?p=941"},"modified":"2026-02-11T14:57:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T14:57:35","slug":"brownies-extraordinaire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/veroskitchen\/2026\/02\/11\/brownies-extraordinaire\/","title":{"rendered":"BROWNIES EXTRAORDINAIRE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"351\" height=\"261\" src=\"https:\/\/civatar.com\/veroskitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/02\/creamcheesebrownies.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-942\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/civatar.com\/veroskitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/02\/creamcheesebrownies.jpg 351w, https:\/\/civatar.com\/veroskitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/02\/creamcheesebrownies-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Brownies Extraordinaire<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">I have had this recipe for many years and made it countless times.<br>A few years ago, the commercial  bakers decided to come out with<br>a box mix that is similar, but not even close to being <br>as delicious as the &#8220;home-made&#8221; version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Cooks note* the bit of almond flavoring is the key <br>to the unique flavor of these brownies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>INGREDIENTS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chocolate batter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2 eggs, beaten<br>2 ozs. unsweetened chocolate (appropriate amounts of cocoa and oil can be substituted)<br>1\/2 cup butter  or margarine<br>1 cup sugar<br>3\/4 cup all-purpose flour<br>1\/2 teaspoon baking powder<br>1\/2 teaspoon salt<br>1 teaspoon vanilla<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cream cheese batter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 eight ounce package of cream cheese<br>1\/3 cup sugar<br>1 egg<br>1\/4 teaspoon almond flavoring<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PREPARATION<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Melt chocolate and butter\/margarine together and cool.<br>Beat eggs. Add sugar and chocolate mixture.<br>Stir in dry ingredients and vanilla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Put half of batter into greased 8 inch square pan.<br>Top with cream cheese batter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cover with remaining chocolate batter.<br>Drag spoon through mixture to  make swirly design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bake at 350\u2109 for 45 minutes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cool and cut into  squares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoy!!!\ud83d\ude0b<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have had this recipe for many years and made it countless times.A few years ago, the commercial bakers decided to come out witha box mix that is similar, but not even close to being as delicious as the &#8220;home-made&#8221; version. Cooks note* the bit of almond flavoring is the key to the unique flavor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","wds_primary_category":7,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes","category-sweets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/veroskitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/veroskitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/veroskitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/veroskitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/veroskitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/veroskitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/veroskitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/veroskitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/veroskitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}