Fudge Swirl Squares

So for "Guess Who's Coming to Lunch" at church on Sunday I made Fudge Swirl Square. They turned about pretty good. I think it took me a total of 1 hour to make them and that's including the 40 minute bake time. Unfortunately the 40 minute bake time probably should have been more of a 30-35 minute bake time. My oven is always hotter than it's supposed to be - so even though I cut the heat by 50 degrees the squares still burnt a little. Despite that they were still very yummy! Below is the recipe - its pretty straight forward - definitely use unsweetened chocolate though - I almost didn't and it would have been WAY too sweet if I had opted for semi- sweet.


Fudge swirl bars with cream cheese, chocolate, butter, and pecans. Scroll down to see more brownies and bars.

INGREDIENTS:
1 cup butter
4 ounces unsweetened chocolate
2 1/2 cups sugar, divided
4 eggs, divided
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
2 teaspoons vanilla extract, divided
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened

PREPARATION:
Butter and lightly flour a 13x9-inch baking pan. Preheat oven to 350°.
In a medium heavy saucepan over low heat, melt butter and chocolate. Using a wire whisk, beat in 2 cups of the sugar and 3 of the eggs until well blended. With a wooden spoon, stir in the flour, salt, chopped pecans or walnuts, and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract. Spread batter in prepared pan.
In another bowl with mixer on low speed, beat cream cheese with remaining 1/2 cup sugar, remaining egg, and remaining 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract until well blended. Increase speed to medium and continue to beat for 2 minutes, scraping bowl from time to times. Spoon mixture in dollops over the chocolate batter. With the end of a butter knife, swirl the cream cheese batter over the surface, blending it into the chocolate layer a bit. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes, or until a wooden pick or cake tester inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack then cut into bars. Makes about 3 dozen. Store these bars, covered, in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.