Gooey Peanut Butter Filled Brownie Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C ). Grease a 9x9 inch baking pan.
• In a medium bowl, cream together peanut butter and margarine. Gradually blend in the brown sugar, white sugar, eggs, and vanilla; mix until fluffy. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; stir into the peanut butter mixture until well blended.
• Bake for 30 to 35 minutes in preheated oven, or until the top springs back when touched. Cool, and cut into 16 squares.

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 325 degrees F.
• For your brownie batter: Melt your butter in a medium (or large) heatproof bowl over a pot of simmering water.
• While the butter is melting, whisk the cocoa powder, sea salt and sugar in a separate bowl. (The sugar and salt will work as abrasive agents to get any lumps out of the cocoa.) Whisk the cocoa/sugar/salt combo into the melted butter until the sugar has dissolved fully. The mixture should look like fudge and pull away from the bowl into a ball. Take off the stove and set the pan on a dishtowel on your counter. Allow the fudgy mixture to cool down until it's warm, but not hot anymore.
• While that is cooling, line the bottom and sides of your 9 by 13-inch baking pan with parchment paper or foil. You want to leave about 4 inches of overhang on the 2 opposite sides. These serve as your handles to remove the brownies from the pan in 1 piece, so make sure that there is enough of the overhang for you to have a solid grip. Grease the parchment or foil well.
• Stir in the vanilla into the cooled fudge mixture to loosen it up. Add the eggs into the mixture 1 at a time, adding the second egg after the first egg is fully incorporated. The batter should look shiny and well blended. Add in your flour and stir it until it's fully incorporated. Once it looks fully blended, beat the batter vigorously for at least 45 strokes. This'll not only get out any pent up stress, but it will make the brownies chewy. Fold in your chocolate chips. Spread the very thick and fudgy brownie batter evenly in the lined pan with an offset spatula or your greased hands.
• Pop the brownies in the oven and bake until they get a nice crust and your house smells like brownies, 30 to 35 minutes. Let them cool completely on a rack or a dishtowel on your counter.
• While the brownies are cooling make the buttercream and ganache.
• For the buttercream: Mix your peanut butter and butter together in a stand mixer until they are totally blended. Turn your mixer down and slowly add your powdered sugar and fine sea salt. Stop the mixer and scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl. Turn your mixer back to medium, add your milk and vanilla and keep mixing until it's fully blended. Dollop the peanut butter buttercream in heaping spoonfuls on top of the cooled brownies. Evenly spread it with the back of a butter knife the over the surface. Scatter the peanuts evenly over the buttercream, pressing into the buttercream so that the ganache has something to hold on to and the peanuts are all covered.
• For the ganache: Melt the chocolate chips and butter together in a small saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly. Allow the ganache to cool down slightly for 10 minutes or so, then pour it evenly over the peanut butter buttercream layer. Smooth the ganache out with the back of a butter knife, making sure to cover the buttercream and peanuts completely. Chill the brownies in the refrigerator until the toppings are set, 1 1/2 hours or so.
• Remove these delicious guys from the refrigerator. Lift up the ends of the foil liner and place the Fudgy Salty Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownies on a cutting board. Cut into squares.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease the bottom of a 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan.
• BATTER: In bowl, beat together oil, water, and eggs.
• Stir in brownie mix until ingredients are moist.
• Spread batter into prepared pan.
• FILLING: In bowl, cream together peanut butter, oil, sugar, flour, eggs, and vanilla extract.
• Carefully spread filling over batter, using a rubber spatula, cut filling into batter creating a marble effect throughout the batter.
• Bake for 40 minutes.
• DO NOT OVERBAKE!
• FROSTING: In medium bowl, cream together frosting and peanut butter.
• Spread frosting over brownies immediately after baking or after completely cooling.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line a buttered 8-inch square baking pan with foil or parchment paper, allowing 2 inches to hang over sides. Butter lining (excluding overhang); set pan aside.
• Make batter: Put butter and chocolates in a heatproof medium bowl set over a pan of simmering water; stir until melted. Let cool slightly.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl, and set aside.
• Whisk granulated sugar into chocolate mixture. Add eggs, and whisk until mixture is smooth. Stir in vanilla. Add flour mixture; stir until well incorporated.
• Make filling: Stir together butter, confectioners' sugar, peanut butter, salt, and vanilla in a bowl until smooth.
• Pour one-third of batter into prepared pan, and spread evenly with a rubber spatula. Place dollops of filling (about 1 tablespoon each) about 1 inch apart on top of batter. Drizzle remaining batter on top, and gently spread to fill pan. Place dollops of remaining filling on top.
• With a butter knife, gently swirl filling into batter, running knife lengthwise and crosswise through layers. Bake until a cake tester inserted into brownies (avoid center and edges) comes out with a few crumbs but is not wet, about 45 minutes. Let cool slightly in pan, about 15 minutes. Lift out brownies; let cool completely on a wire rack before cutting into squares.

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 F. For the Cake: In a large bowl add 1 box family size brownie mix, 1 egg and 1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, melted.
• 2. Mix by hand until a soft dough forms. I use a rubber spatula and fold the ingredients into each other until I get my dough. Doesn't take but a few minutes.
• 3. Once you have your dough, put it into an ungreased 9x13 baking dish and press it out over the bottom and about 1/2 way up the sides. You don't have to go up the sides if you don't want. I like the brownie. Once you have your dough in the dish the way you want it, set it aside and make your filling
• 4. To make the filling: I use the same bowl I made the crust in. When the crust comes together, it leaves a pretty clean bowl. Add 2 large eggs, cream cheese, powdered sugar and, using a hand mixer, beat until well combined.
• 5. Add 1 cup peanut butter (smooth or crunchy) and beat together until combined. Taste mixture at this point to see if you like it. Add more peanut butter if you desire. If you think the peanut butter taste is to strong, add 1tsp vanilla extract to tone it down. Filling will be thick
• 6. Scrape filling into brownie shell and evenly distribute. Bake @ 350F for 30-35 minutes. In my convection oven, 35 minutes is perfect. The filling should jiggle when you shake the dish.
• 7. Remove from oven and let cool. Once cool, put in refrigerator for about 4 hours, best if left overnight. If you can't wait, dig in. We do and it still tastes good. This is awesome, and very rich, served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
• 8. The texture of the filling is that of a gooey, dense peanut butter brownie. If you overcook it, it will get dry
• 9. OPTION: If you want a more cheesecake-like filling, add 3 large eggs to the filling instead of 2 or sub out the additional egg for 1/4 cup of heavy whipping cream. Both make a really nice dessert. If you do one of these options, it's important to let brownie set overnight and to bake for the entire 35 minutes. Side note - the smell of this baking is heavenly and it lingers :o)