Broadway Brownie Bars

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon double-acting baking powder 
• 8 ounce cream cheese divided softened
• 1 large eggs 
• 2 large eggs 
• 1 cup flour all-purpose
• 2 tablespoons flour all-purpose
• 1 cup butter divided softened
• 2 cups marshmallows miniature
• 0.3 cup milk 
• 3 cups powdered sugar sifted
• 6 ounces semisweet chocolate morsels 
• 1.5 cups sugar divided
• 2 ounce chocolate unsweetened divided
• 2.5 teaspoons vanilla extract divided
• 1.3 cups walnuts divided chopped

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• sauce pan
• oven
• hand mixer
• microwave

Directions

1. Beat 3/4 cup cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth.
2. Add 1/2 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons flour, 1/4 cup butter, 1 egg, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla; beat until blended. Set cream cheese batter aside.
3. Microwave 1/2 cup butter and 1 square unsweetened chocolate in a 1-quart microwave-safe bowl at HIGH 1 minute or until melted, stirring once.
4. Beat 2 eggs at medium speed, and gradually add remaining 1 cup sugar, beating well.
5. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, and beat until blended.
6. Add 1 cup flour and baking powder, beating well.
7. Add melted chocolate mixture, and beat until chocolate batter is blended. Stir in 1 cup chopped walnuts.
8. Pour chocolate batter into a greased 13- x 9-inch pan. Top with cream cheese batter.
9. Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup chopped walnuts and chocolate morsels.
10. Bake at 350 for 28 minutes.
11. Sprinkle with marshmallows, and bake 2 more minutes.
12. Combine remaining 1/4 cup butter, remaining 1/4 cup cream cheese, remaining 1 square unsweetened chocolate, and milk in a saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until butter and chocolate melt. Stir in powdered sugar and remaining 1 teaspoon vanilla.
13. Drizzle over brownies. Chill; cut into squares.