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Cream Cheese Bars

Charlotte Murphy
Aaron Murphy-Pike

Crust:

  • ½ cup butter
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • ¼ cup cocoa
  • 1 large egg
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 1 ½ cups graham crumbs
  • ¾ cup coconut

Filling:

  • ⅓ cup butter, softened
  • 3 oz pkg cream cheese
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup icing sugar

Glaze:

  • 2 oz dark sweet chocolate, or chocolate bar broken into pieces
  • ½ tsp butter

Crust: Grease a 9 inch square pan. Set aside. Combine butter, sugar, cocoa and egg in a medium saucepan. Cook over medium heat for 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in salt, graham crumbs and coconut. Press into pan.

Filling: Beat butter, cream cheese and vanilla in a small bowl. Gradually add icing sugar. Spread over crust and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Glaze: Combine chocolate with butter and microwave on High for 50 seconds. Drizzle over top. Refrigerate for 20 minutes.