Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownies!Β Please excuse my generalisation but Americans seem to be in love with the combination of chocolate and peanut butter.
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Now I like peanut butter, I will occasionally spread a piece of toast with a generous scoop of the crunchy variety, but it’s not my “go to” product, and I don’t usually bake with it. When this months theme was Chocolate and Peanut butter I really had to think hard about the type of baked good my children would enjoy, which utilised the combination.
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As it turned out I needn’t have been concerned. The kids were all over this Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownie. I was lucky to get an opportunity to photograph it before it was completely demolished. I guess it goes to show 319 million Americans can’t be wrong.
What was the brownie like? It was deliciously rich, sweet and chocolaty with a smooth, salty, crunchy creamy vein of warm peanut butter flowing through the middle. I didn’t get the opportunity to try the Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownie cold as it didn’t last that long!
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…but don’t take my word for it, try the recipe out for yourself.
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownies
Ingredients
- 120 gm Butter
- 170 gm bittersweet chocolate
- ΒΌ cup Dutch process cocoa powder
- 3 lg eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter
Instructions
- Prepare a 20cm brownie tray by lining with baking paper.
- Pre heat the oven to 170 degrees C.
- Melt butter and chocolate in a saucepan over a low heat. Stir until smooth. Remove from the heat and add the sugar and cocoa, stir until combined.
- Stir through the flour, vanilla, baking powder then the eggs.
- Once the batter is combined pour 3/4 of the mixture into the prepared tray.
- Microwave the 1/2 cup of peanut butter until it's soft and liquid.
- Pour the peanut butter over the brownie base.
- Add the remaining brownie batter to the pan and swirl through gently.
- Bake for approximately 45mins depending on your oven. Remove the brownie from the oven when the batter appears firm in the middle.
- Cool brownies in the tray and cut when cool.
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