Best Chocolate Peanut Butter Layer Brownies Recipes

CHOCOLATE PEANUT-BUTTER LAYER BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. and butter and flour a 9-inch square baking pan, knocking out excess flour.
• In a double boiler or metal bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water melt chocolate, stirring, until smooth and remove top of double boiler or bowl from heat. Cool chocolate to room temperature.
• In a large bowl with an electric mixer beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy and beat in eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, and vanilla. Into a small bowl sift together flour, baking powder, and salt and beat into butter mixture just until blended well.
• Divide batter between 2 bowls. Whisk peanut butter into batter in 1 bowl. Whisk melted chocolate into batter in other bowl and stir in chopped chocolate or chocolate chips.
• Spread peanut-butter batter evenly in pan. Drop chocolate batter by large spoonfuls onto peanut-butter batter and spread carefully to form an even layer. Bake brownies in middle of oven 35 to 40 minutes, or until a tester comes out with crumbs adhering to it. Cool brownies completely in pan on a rack before cutting into 16 squares. Brownies keep, layered between sheets of wax paper in an airtight container at cool room temperature,5 days.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER LAYER BROWNIES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour a 9-inch square pan, knocking out excess flour.
• 2. Break up unsweetened baking chocolate and melt in small bowl in the microwave in 30-second increments until it starts to melt, stirring after each increment, and then in 10 second increments until melted. (Note that once it's hot, it will continue to melt if stirred.) Let cool while continuing the recipe.
• 3. In a large bowl, beat (with electric mixer) the butter and sugar together until well-mixed, and then add the eggs, beating after each addition, and add the vanilla with the last egg.
• 4. In a small bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder and salt. Mix into the batter just until incorporated.
• 5. Evenly divide the batter between the two bowls. Stir the peanut butter into one bowl, and the melted chocolate and chips into the other.
• 6. Evenly spread the peanut butter mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan. Spoon the chocolate mixture over the peanut butter mixture and spread gently and evenly.
• 7. Bake 35 - 40 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean or with dry crumbs (but note that with the melted chips, you may need to check in a few spots).