I loved peanut butter brownies as a kid but my adult taste buds now find the available recipes overly sweet with a mild peanut flavor. This updated recipe relies on powdered peanuts to boost peanut flavor. I've reduced the sugar by about 1/3 from the typical recipes. This recipe reflects the best of three alternate variations that I attempted.
Ingredients
- all-purpose flour: 0.75 cup
- powdered peanut butter (such as PB2®): 0.25 cup
- baking powder: 1 tsp
- salt: 0.25 tsp
- peanut butter: 0.5 cup
- butter: 0.33333 cup
- white sugar: 0.5 cup
- brown sugar: 0.25 cup
- eggs: 2 piece
- vanilla extract: 0.5 tsp
- dark chocolate chips: 0.5 cup (to taste)
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch baking dish.
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Stir flour, powdered peanut butter, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl.
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Beat peanut butter and butter together in a bowl until creamy. Gradually add white sugar and brown sugar; beat until fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla extract; beat until smooth. Stir in flour mixture and chocolate chips until incorporated into batter. Spread batter into prepared baking dish.
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Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.