Ooey Gooey Peanut Butter and Fudge Brownies

Submitted by Caryn

"Cut this recipe out of a magazine sometime back. I have not tried this recipe but am posting it at the request of a Zaar member."

 

• Ready In: 55mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 2 dozen brownies

ingredients

• BATTER

• 1⁄2 cup vegetable oil
• 1⁄4 cup water
• 2 eggs, room temperature
• 1 (22 ounce) box premium brownie mix

• FILLING

• 1 1⁄4 cups creamy peanut butter
• 1⁄3 cup vegetable oil
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

• FROSTING

• 1 (16 ounce) container prepared rich chocolate frosting
• 1⁄2 cup creamy peanut butter

directions

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

Reviews

[alabughosh]

Yum! I made these and served with whipped cream on top, which balanced out the peanut butter flavor. This is a very rich brownie.

 

[CookinUpNorth]

WOW, these are decadent. You could probably cut them a lot smaller than 24 to a pan. And they weigh a ton. I made them for a bake sale, and two brownies to a bag was super heavy compared to my other brownies. Great flavor. I used about half a can of frosting, and frosted them warm so it melted evenly across the top just to make them look pretty as I'm not a huge frosting fan. But you definitely need to frost them as they look goofy if you don't

 

[SweetsLady]

YUMMY! I made my own brownies and then made recipe #89207 for the chocolate frosting part. Delish!! Lots of peanut butter taste! Thank you for sharing!

 

[MA HIKER]

This is a wonderful, extremely rich recipe! As I was assembling the ingredients I realized - no chocolate frosting, so I made a quick chocolate sour cream frosting that worked out just great! My only caution - the cook time was a little short, I would give it a good 5 minutes more. Mine were a bit underdone in the center. Overall, delicious!

 

[Juenessa]

In some brownie/peanut butter combinations, the peanut butter is not very prominent. In this recipe, the peanut butter really stands out. So, you must be a real peanut butter lover to enjoy these brownies. They are extremely moist and very rich. Thanks for a keeper, Caryn!