Fruitcake Brownies
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 18
- Yields:
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54 brownies
ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 280 g semi-sweet chocolate, chopped
- 45 g unsweetened chocolate, chopped
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 cup walnuts, chopped
- 1⁄3 cup dried currant
- 1⁄3 cup pitted dates, chopped
- 1⁄3 cup dried apricot, chopped
- 1⁄3 cup dried fig, chopped
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ICING
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1⁄4 cup butter, softened
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 3 1⁄2 cups sifted icing sugar
directions
- In top of double boiler over simmering - not boiling - water, melt butter and chocolate, stirring until smooth. Set aside to cool to lukewarm.
- In large mixing bowl, beat sugar and eggs together. Add chocolate mixture; sitr until blended. Add vanilla.
- Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; stir into chocolate mixture.
- In another bowl, mix walnuts, currants, dates, apricots, and figs. Add to chocolate mixture.
- Pour batter in a greased 13x9-inch glass baking dish and bake at 350F for 35 minutes, or until a tester inserted in center comes out almost clean. Place pan on wire rack to cool.
- ICING: Blend together cream cheese, butter and vanillla until smooth; mix in icing sugar. Spread evenly over cooled brownies in pan. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours before cutting into squares.
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