Friday, April 20, 2012

Peanut Butter Brownies

My dad loves brownies and peanut butter so naturally for his birthday I made him peanut butter brownies.  The following recipe is super easy to make and nice and moist.  Just make sure you have a glass of milk handy when you eat them. :)

Peanut Butter Brownies

For the Brownies
8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into small pieces, plus more for pan
1 cup cocoa powder
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3 large eggs
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

For the peanut butter filling
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
3/4 cup smooth peanut butter

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter an 8x8 pan.


2. Mix butter and sugar until smooth.  Slowly mix in eggs, one at a time and then mix in vanilla.  Whisk together cocoa powder, flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
3. Add flour mixture and stir until well incorporated.


4. Make filling: Stir together butter, confectioners' sugar and peanut butter in a bowl until smooth.



5. Pour half of brownie mix into pan.  Add small drops of peanut butter mix.  Take a fork and swirl peanut butter mixture.  Add the remaining brownie mix and drop the rest of the peanut butter mixture on top.  Repeat the swirling with a fork.
6.Bake until a tooth pick  inserted into brownies comes out mostly clean, about 45 minutes.


1 comment:

  1. Wow, those swirls of chocolate and peanut butter look amazing!! I haven`t made a brownie in such a long time! I`ve got to get on that!

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