{"id":599,"slug":"cherry-brownies","title":"Cherry Brownies","description":"Cherry brownies are a rich brownie with no frosting, a fudge-like base, and a cheesecake-like top, filled with maraschino cherries and chocolate chips.","ingredients_raw":["2 ea. (100 g) eggs","1 cup (2.4 dl) white granulated sugar","6 tbsp margarine","¼ cup (0.6 dl) cocoa","¾ cup (1.8 dl) flour","¼ tsp salt","4 ounces (110 g) softened cream cheese","¼ cup (0.6 dl) maraschino cherry syrup","¼ cup (0.6 dl) icing sugar","1 egg","½ cup (1.2 dl) semi-sweet chocolate chips","½ cup (1.2 dl) maraschino cherries"],"ingredients_norm":["ea. egg","white granulated sugar","margarine","cocoa","flour","salt","cream cheese","maraschino cherry syrup","icing sugar","egg","semi sweet chocolate chips","maraschino cherry"],"steps":["Melt margarine in a saucepan over medium-low heat, then mix in the cocoa.","Add the sugar, salt, and eggs. Mix well and then fold in the flour.","Spread in a greased 9 x 9-inch (22 x 22 cm) cake pan and set aside.","Beat the cream cheese, cherry syrup and icing sugar together in a bowl until creamy.","Add the egg to the mixture and blend well.","Mix in the chocolate chips and cherries.","Pour the second mixture over top the base.","Bake at 350 °F/175 °C for 30–40 minutes, until a toothpick poked through the centre comes out moist (but not wet with batter).","Let cool and cut into 36 squares."],"categories":["Recipes for dessert","Recipes for brownies","Recipes using dark chocolate","Recipes using cherry","Baking recipes","Recipes for bars","Recipes using white sugar","Recipes using powdered sugar","Recipes using cocoa powder","Recipes using cream cheese","Recipes using egg","Recipes using wheat flour","Recipes using maraschino cherry","Recipes using margarine"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":50,"servings":"36","yield_text":null,"difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Cherry_Brownies","source_ref":"4587292","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Cherry_Brownies&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"cff046d8e433f8b30b0345626faafe823fbbe03516875b719d3e498d62e5015b","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:42:58Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/cherry-brownies"}