On May 30, 6:16*pm, "Pete C." > wrote:
> Goomba wrote:
>
> > Other than the obvious nuts or no nuts, does anyone do anything to dress
> > up a standard store bought brownie mix?
>
> Way back when one of the usual name brand brownie box mixes had a recipe
> for cheesecake brownies where you upgraded the brownie mix with a
> cheesecake layer in the middle. I have no idea where that recipe went,
> but it shouldn't be that difficult to recreate it.

I got a recipe for cream cheese brownies from http://adamcadre.ac a
hundred years ago (he has since removed recipes from his site, more's
the pity). The filling was:

3 oz. cream cheese
2 tbsp. butter
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tbsp. flour
1/2 tsp. vanilla

Cream the cheese and butter together, then add the sugar and cream
until smooth. Add the egg & mix; add the flour & vanilla; mix again.

(His recipe had the "brownie" part too, but you could presumably use
this with a brownie mix.) He suggested putting down a layer of
brownie, then a layer of this filling, then finishing with a layer of
brownie. I made these once from his recipe and they were excellent.

Me, I'm thinking, why not add Kahlua to your mix?
--
Daphne