I thoroughly enjoy making these brownies, mainly because they are crazy quick to mix up, and go perfect with a glass of milk before bed. If only I had more reasons to make a whole pan. Also, the ingredients are pretty basic, which makes them easy to whip up almost anytime.
So, I’ll make this post short since it’s late. Here we go.
Peanut Butter Brownies
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1/3 cup powdered baking cocoa
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup peanut butter chips
peanut butter for garnish
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grease a 9″ square baking pan. Now let’s pause for a moment. There is something worth explaining. The pan MAKES these brownies. What I mean by that is that depending on the type of pan you use, you can create gooey brownies, or more cakey fluffy brownies. For the gooey type, use a plain metal pan, nothing fancy. For the cakier type, I recommend using a thick, heavy metal pan that displaces heat well. DO NOT use a glass pan. I’m not sure what it is, but something about the glass makes it take way to long to cook the middle and you will end up with nice border brownies and super gooey middle brownies that you can’t even get out of the pan without breaking them, or nice middle brownies and crispy border brownies. Just be safe and use a metal pan.
3. Stir together the butter, sugar and vanilla in a mixing bowl. Add the eggs and mix well.
4. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl. This is very important not only for brownies, but a lot of baked goods of the sugar, egg, flour, baking powder type. Examples are cookies, muffins, banana bread, etc. The reason for this is mainly to have all of the dry ingredients mixed thoroughly together because no one likes to take a bite of a brownie and hit a salty spot. So keep the dry away from the wet until the end.
5. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until smooth. Do this slowly and don’t dump it all in at once. Trust me, your dry ingredients will fly everywhere. Also, don’t over mix, just make it nice and smooth.
6. Add the peanut butter chips and stir. Spread into prepared pan.
7. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or, for best results, check them and when the brownies start to pull away from the pan, that is when they are finished. Here is what they should look like.
8. Place on a cooling rack and allow to cool. Melt some peanut butter, and using a fork, drizzle the melted peanut butter on top.
Please Enjoy.
