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Brownies: Peanut Butter & Chocolate Chunk Brownies

Source of Recipe

Exported from MasterCook


List of Ingredients

6 Tb unsalted butter -- room temperature
1/2 Cup nutty old-fashioned-style
or freshly ground peanut butter
1 1/4 Cups golden brown sugar -- packed
2 Large eggs
2 Tsp vanilla extract
3/4 Cup all purpose flour
1 Tsp baking powder
1/4 Tsp salt
4 Ozs bittersweet chocolate
or semisweet chocolate
-- coarsely chopped
-- ot unsweetened



Recipe

Preheat oven to 350~F. Generously butter and flour 8-inch square baking pan.
Using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl until smooth.
If oil has separated from peanut butter, stir to blend.
Add peanut butter to butter; beat until well blended, scraping down sides of bowl occasionally.
Beat in brown sugar.
Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
Beat in vanilla.
Sift flour, baking powder and salt into medium bowl.
Add to peanut butter mixture; beat until blended.
Stir in chocolate.
Transfer batter to pan. Using spatula, smooth top.
Bake until toothpick inserted 2 inches from edge of pan comes out with moist crumbs attached, about 33 minutes.
Transfer pan to rack and cool completely. (Can be made 3 days ahead. Cover; store at room temperature.)
Cut brownies into squares.

YIELD: 24 Brownies