Peanut Butter Brownie Recipe | Chocolate Chips PLUS Peanut Butter!


	Peanut Butter Brownie Recipe "Peanut Butter PLUS Chocolate" I have to admit this peanut butter brownie recipe is more of a poser sitting in my Italian cookie recipes collection. I do realize there is NOTHING authentically Italian about it. Well, except that I'm Italian. I needed to make a dessert for a my son's Swim and Dive Awards banquet. And generally - since I own this website - it is assumed I will bring one of my Italian dessert recipes. Well - I "found" a recipe I wanted to try - this peanut butter brownie recipe. It was in my Penzey spice magazine. ( Which by the way Penzey Spices is my ABSOLUTE favorite place to buy spices!). And of course, as a baker myself, I can't just "use" any other cooks recipe. I always have to modify. Don't know why we do that. I did find out though, that you can use reduced fat peanut butter. And that's only because that was all I had. And I'm not a fan of "reduced-fat-anything" but these peanut butter brownies will turn out great with it! The chocolate chips are optional. But who wouldn't want them? I only used one bag which is about 2 cups. The original author called for a total of 3 cups. The dough is thick. So when you got to put it in the pan - don't panic. You can almost lift it out with your hands. It will all be fine. Down below there are a couple of tips, ideas for additions, and questions. Enjoy and thanks for stopping by - Lisa Italian Dessert Recipes Website Owner and Developer Hey - "Like Me" - (left column - scroll below) Peanut Butter Brownie Recipe YIELD: 13 x 9 pan INGREDIENTS: * 1 cup peanut butter (yes, you can use reduced fat) * 2/3 cup room temperature butter * 1 1/3 cup white sugar * 1 cup brown sugar (packed) * 2 eggs * 1 tsp vanilla extract * 2 cups white flour * 2 tsp baking powder * 1/2 tsp salt * 2 cups chocolate chips (semi-sweet) Procedure: * Preheat oven to 350 degrees * Grease a 13 x 9 pan * Cream together peanut butter and butter * Gradually blend in both sugars. * Once they are blended add the egg and vanilla. Blend them. * Mix all of the ingredients until they are light and fluffy. * In a clean bowl combine the flour, baking powder and salt. * Add the flour mixture to the peanut butter mixture. * Your batter will be thick - don't panic * Fold in the chocolate chips - but reserve 1/4 cup to sprinkle on the top after baking * Spread (yes, it is thick) the batter in the pan * Bake about 30 minutes. * Brownies are tricky to gauge "doneness" - so don't over cook! Toothpick should come out "clean". * Remove the peanut butter brownies from the oven and pour the chocolate chips on top of hot brownies! * Cool completely before cutting Can I add nuts? Yep. Absolutely Why does the inside look like chocolate? Because the MORE chocolate chips you add - the more to melt. If you use less - you will have less of a chocolate-y type inside. The chocolate chips will be separated from the dough Is the batter supposed to pour? Nope. This peanut butter brownie recipe isn't like a boxed mix brownie batter. This is more dense. It's a chewy recipe. Back to the top of the peanut butter brownie recipe. 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Not sure why we think men need chocolate. But, it's a cyclical. I see it every year - all my chocolate dessert recipes get the highest viewings. So, to give you some ideas - here's what most of us cook for our men on Fathers Day: Recipe for Chocolate Cheesecake (I love this because it uses sour cream, and makes the chocolate have the bittersweet deep end flavor Chocolate Walnut Cake Chocolate Buttermilk Cake (Uses 3 sticks of butter - I make this about 4 times a year!) And if you don't want chocolate? Another great holiday cake, that I make for celebrations: Italian Rum Cake (Give yourself a day ahead of time to make this. It needs to soak about 24 hours to flavor.) Lisa Would you like to share this page? You know how to do it! Thanks for sharing the sugar love! Contact Me Privacy Policy About

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