Chewy Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownies
Do you have a favorite recipe for peanut butter brownies? Well, this Chewy Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownies is MY favorite! With semi-sweet chocolate and plenty of peanut butter, it will be your favorite too!
Ingredients
- 4 ounce (4 squares) semisweet chocolate
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- pinch salt
- 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar
- 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
- Line an 8-inch baking pan with aluminum foil.
- Combine chocolate, butter and peanut butter in a medium saucepan.
- Cook over low heat, stirring often, until smooth.
- Remove from heat and stir in granulated sugar.
- Cool 1 to 2 minutes; add eggs and vanilla.
- Mix thoroughly.
- Stir in flour and salt.
- Transfer batter to prepared pan.
- Bake until set, 35 to 40 minutes.
- A toothpick will test with some moist crumbs.
- Brownies will firm a bit as they cool.
- Cool in pan 20 minutes.
- Carefully lift foil from pan and cool brownies completely.
- Freeze until firm or as long as 2 weeks.
- To serve, cut brownies into squares or triangles.
- Combine cocoa and confectioners' sugar; sift over brownies.