Peanut Butter Brownies

Peanut Butter Brownies

Peanut Butter filling ingredients:

6 ounces of softened cream cheese

1/2 cup Peanut Butter

1/4 cup sugar

1 egg

2 Tbsp milk

Brownie ingredients:

1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine

2 cups sugar

2 tsp vanilla

3 eggs

3/4 cup Cocoa

1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1 cup chocolate chips

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees, grease a 13x9 inch pan

2. Prepare peanut butter filling by mixing all the PB ingredients in a small bowl until smooth and creamy, set aside

3. Place butter in microwave safe bowl and melt

4. Stir sugar and vanilla into butter

5. Add eggs one at a time, beat well with spoon after each addition

6. Add cocoa, beat until well blended

7. Add flour, baking powder and salt, beat well

8. Stir in chocolate chips

9. Remove 1 cup of the batter, pour remaining batter into prepared pan.

10. Spread peanut butter filling over top

11. Drop reserved batter by teaspoonfuls over filling

12. Using a knife, gently swirl through top layers for marble effect

13. bake 35-40 minutes or until a wooden toothpick comes out clean

14. Cool on rack, cut into yummy pieces, enjoy with milk or your favorite coffee

15. Share a piece with a friend

We ate this along with Fancy Mac-n-Cheese n the 3rd week of our Psalm Bible study.