Forest Cheesecake Brownies

Ingredients :

Brownies :

• 1 cup cocoa
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 cup butter, melted, cooled slightly
• 2½ cups granulated sugar
• 1 T. vanilla
• 4 eggs
• 1½ cups all-purpose flour

Cherry Cheesecake filling :

• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla
• ⅓ cup sugar
• 1 8oz package cream cheese
• ½ can cherry pie filling

Instructions :

1. Line a 9x13" pan with nonstick foil.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Brownies :

1)    Whisk butter and sugar.

2)    Add vanilla and eggs and mix well.

3)    Add flour, cocoa and salt, stirring well.

4)    Spread about half of this into the pan.

Cherry Cheesecake filling:

1)    Beat cream cheese, egg, vanilla and sugar,

2)    Spread this over the brownie batter.

3)    Dollop scoops of the cherry pie filling on top.

4)    Use the rest of the brownie batter to top the cherries. Use your hands to spread it.

5)    Bake about 35 minutes, cool to room temp and then chill hours before cutting.