Skinny Gooey Cherry Brownies Recipes

FROM-SCRATCH CHERRY BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Grease a 9" square pan.
• Melt unsweetened chocolate and butter in the microwave.
• Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Whisk briefly to aerate (could sift, but I find it messier).
• In a separate bowl, beat eggs and vanilla until fluffy. Add sugar in three additions, beating well between additions.
• Add the butter/chocolate mixture to the egg/sugar mixture and mix thoroughly.
• Add the wet mixture to the dry. Stir very gently just until combined.
• Add cherries and chips and stir just until distributed.
• Pour into prepared pan. Sprinkle top with nuts if desired.
• Bake for 20-30 minutes. The edges should pull away from the pan slightly when they're done. Don't overbake.
• Note: The original recipe says 20 minutes. Mine took 30. I can't tell if my oven's off or the cherries are causing the baking time to be longer.

SKINNY CREAM CHEESE BROWNIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom only of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray. In medium bowl, beat cream cheese with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Beat in remaining filling ingredients until well blended.
• In large bowl, stir brownie mix, oil, water, 4 egg whites and 1 teaspoon vanilla with spoon until well blended. Spread in pan.
• Spoon filling mixture over brownie batter in pan. Cut through filling mixture and batter with knife several times for marbled design. Sprinkle with chocolate chips.
• Bake 28 to 32 minutes or until toothpick inserted in brownie 2 inches from side of pan comes out clean or almost clean. Cool completely, about 1 hour. For 24 brownies, cut into 6 rows by 4 rows. Store covered in refrigerator.

LOW-FAT BROWNIES

Steps:

• In a bowl, beat egg substitute for 1 minute or until frothy and slightly thickened. Stir in milk and vanilla. Combine the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder and salt; add to the egg mixture and mix well., Pour into a 13x9-in. baking pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 18-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.

MERRY CHERRY BROWNIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350. Grease bottom and sides of 13 x 9 inch pan with shortening or spray with cooking spray.
• In medium bowl, beat all filling ingredients with spoon until smooth; set aside.
• In 2 quart saucepan, melted chocolate and butter over low heat, stirring frequently, until smooth; remove from heat. Cool 5 minutes.
• In large bowl, beat chocolate mixture, 2 cups sugar, the vanilla and 4 eggs with mixer on medium speed 1 minute, scraping bowl occasionally. Beat in flour and salt on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl occasionally. Beat on medium speed 1 minute. Stir in nuts.
• Spread half of batter in pan. Spread filling over batter. Carefully spread remaining batter over filling. Gently swirl through batters with knife for marbled design.
• Bake 45-50 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool completely, about 1 hour. FOr brownies, cut into 8 rows by 6 rows. Store covered in refrigerator.

SKINNY BROWNIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven at 350°F.
• In a microwave safe bowl melt the butter. Put all the ingredients in a blender and blend to a smooth puree.
• Grease or line a baking pan and pour the mixture, spread evenly. Bake for around 20 minutes or until done. Insert a skewer in the middle and if it comes out clean then your brownies are done.
• Take out from the pan and let it cool completely on a wire rack and cut into squares before serving.
• Store in an airtight container, refrigerate.
• Not a fan of Peanut Butter? Substitute it with any nut butter of your choice.
• These brownies are mild sweet in taste. It will definitely not taste like your gourmet cakes but works well when you are watching those calories!
• You can add raisins or chopped prunes for that extra sweetness.

CHERRY CHEESECAKE BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Melt butter in the microwave, about 1 minute. Stir in sugar and cocoa powder. Blend in eggs one at a time using an electric mixer; add vanilla extract. Combine flour (see Cook's Note), baking powder, and salt in a small bowl and add to batter. Mix until well combined and pour into the prepared baking pan. Level with a knife or spatula.
• Beat together cream cheese, sugar and 1 egg in a second bowl until smooth. Dollop the cream cheese mixture on top of the brownie batter.
• Separate cherries from the the jelled filling and dollop them over the cream cheese mixture, saving leftover jelly for another use if desired. Swirl together using a knife.
• Bake in the preheated oven until brownies are set and edges pull away from the sides of the pan, 35 to 45 minutes. Remove from oven and cool thoroughly before cutting into bars.

GOOEY BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch pan.
• In a large bowl, mix together the cake mix, melted butter and 1 egg until smooth. Batter will be thick. Spread evenly into the bottom of the prepared pan. Next, sprinkle the chocolate chips over the layer of dough. Finally, beat the cream cheese, 2 eggs and confectioners' sugar together in a medium bowl until smooth. Pour as evenly as you can over the chocolate chips.
• Bake for 35 to 40 minutes in the preheated oven, until the top is set. Let cool for at least 30 minutes before cutting into bars.