Shelly's Recipe

PEANUT BUTTER SWIRL CHOCOLATE BROWNIES

Category: Brownies/Blondies

6 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
1 1/4 cups firmly packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa
1/4 to 1/2 cup chopped nuts (chopped peanuts or other nuts of your choice) optional
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
Vegetable cooking spray

Combine melted butter and brown sugar in a medium bowl; add eggs. Beat at medium speed of an electric mixer until thoroughly combined. Add vanilla; beat well.

Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; add to sugar mixture, stirring well. Divide batter in half. Stir cocoa and nuts (if using) into one half; stir peanut butter into other half. (Peanut butter mixture will be thick.) Spoon dollops of each batter alternately into a 9-inch square pan coated with cooking spray. Cut through batters in pan with a knife to create a swirled pattern. Bake at 350) for 25 minutes or until a wooden stick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from oven, and let cool completely on a wire rack. When brownies are completely cooled, cut into squares.