Tuesday Turnaround: Cream Cheese Recipes

Tuesday Turnaround: From turning something old into something "new" to turning your thinking around, you can save yourself some $money$ either way.

Have you ever cooked with cream cheese?

Do you cook entrees or desserts?

That's the GREAT thing about cream cheese; it's versatile enough to be used in both entrees and desserts. You can use it with things like:

• meats
• breads (great on a toasted bagel)
• creamy veggie dishes
• dips
• dressings
• casseroles
• chocolate
• and much MORE!

Pick your FAVORITE recipe that includes cream cheese and have it ready for next week. We will have a "sharing" page for them on next week's Tuesday Turnaround. :oP Mmmmm!

Here are a couple of AWESOME dessert recipes that I just learned and a link to the Philly website where they have video instructions with printable recipes:



PHILADELPHIA Marble Brownies
(From the Philly website: click HERE to print this recipe and to see a step-by-step instructional video)

What You Need:

• 1 pkg. (19 to 21 oz.) brownie mix (and ingredients requested on box) - 13x9-inch pan size
• 1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Make It

1. HEAT: oven to 350ºF. 
2. PREPARE: brownie batter as directed on package; spread into greased 13x9-inch pan.
3. BEAT: cream cheese with mixer until creamy. Add sugar, egg and vanilla; mix well. Drop by tablespoonfuls over brownie batter; swirl with knife.
4. BAKE: 35 to 40 min. or until cream cheese mixture is lightly browned. Cool completely before cutting to serve. Keep refrigerated.

Note: For best results, do not use brownie mix with a syrup pouch.

Chocolate Surprise Cupcakes
From Jenna Kim (Bo) McCann

A. Filling:

• 1 C (8 oz) cream cheese
• 1 unbeaten egg
• 1/3 C sugar
• 1/8 t salt

1. Mix together with electric mixer until smooth & creamy
2. Stir in: 1 C chocolate chips
3. Set aside and continue with cake recipe below:

B. Cake:

• 1 1/2 C all-purpose flour
• 1 C sugar
• 1/4 C cocoa powder
• 1 t baking soda
• 1/2 t salt
• 1 C water
• 1/3 C cooking oil
• 1 T white vinegar
• 1 t vanilla

1. Beat together until well combined.
2. Fill muffin cups, lined with cupcake papers, one third full of chocolate batter.
3. Top each with heaping teaspoon cream cheese filling mixture.
4. Cover each with enough chocolate batter to cover cream cheese filling.
5. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 - 35 minutes.
6. Makes about 2 dozen.

Here is the link I promised you where you will find MORE cream cheese recipes straight from Philly.

Enjoy!! :oP Mmmmm!!

Thank you for my AWESOME sister Allyson who shared the cupcake recipe with me. ;o)