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                                            Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 40 Minutes  | 
                                            Ready In: 40 Minutes Servings: 8  | 
                                         
                                        
                                     
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                    I love raspberry and chocolate together. Ingredients: 
                    
                        
                                                1/2 cup butter or margarine  |  
                                                3 squares bittersweet chocolate  |  
                                                2 eggs  |  
                                                1 cup sugar  |  
                                                1 tsp vanilla  |  
                                                3/4 cup flour  |  
                                                1/4 tsp baking powder  |  
                                                1/2 cup slivered almonds  |  
                                                1/2 cup raspberry preserves (i use the no sugar added ones)  |  
                                                1 cup chocolate chips  |  
                                                
                     
                    Directions: 
                    
                        
                            
                                1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Use non fat cooking spray and flour an 8 inch baking pan. 2. Melt butter and bittersweet chocolate in saucepan over low heat. Remove from heat; cool. 3. Beat eggs, sugar and vanilla in bowl until light. beat in chocolate mixture. 4. Stir in flour, powder just until blended. 5. spread 3/4 of the batter into prepared pan; sprinkle almonds over top. 6. Bake 10 minutes. remove from oven; spread preserves over almonds. 7. Carefully spoon remaining batter over preserves, smoothing top. 8. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or just until top feels firm. Remove from oven; sprinkle chocolate chips over top. 9. Let stand a few minutes until chip melt, spread evenly over brownies. 10. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack. 11. When chocolate is set, cut into 2 inch squares.                              | 
                         
                         
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