Cherry Bliss Brownies

These are like "Shut the Front Door" type of brownies. 

Brownies, cream cheese and cherries?! shut the front door!! :)

This recipe I came across in a magazine and ripped out the page knowing one day I would have to make them. Well, the paper got shoved away into my hundreds of pages of recipes I rip out and I finally found it. Then yep, I had to make them right away.

The recipe is from Lucky Leaf (the pie filling makers) and they know how to use their pie filling, that's for sure.

Since I love cherries, my daughter loves chocolate and the hubs loves cheesecake it is a total win at my house!

I should have waited a little bit longer to cut into them, hence the dropping cream cheese in the picture, but seriously, they taste so good. Very rich. Very delicious. Very wonderful!

Cherry Bliss Brownies

1 box of brownie mix for 9x13 pan size

1/2 cup vegetable oil

3 eggs

1/4 cup water

1 8oz package cream cheese, softened

5 Tbsp butter, softened

1/3 cup sugar

2 eggs

2 Tbsp flour

1/4 tsp vanilla

1 21oz can cherry pie filling

Preheat oven to 350°

In a large mixing bowl combine brownie mix, oil, 3 eggs, and water. 

Mix until well combined.

Pour into greased 9x13 baking dish.

In another mixing bowl; cream together the cream cheese and butter. 

Mix in sugar, 2 eggs, flour, and vanilla.

Drop by spoonfuls over the brownie batter.

Use a knife to make a marble pattern in the batter

Drop cherry pie filling by spoonfuls over the top over the batter.

Bake for one hour.

Cool completely :)