Reese's Peanut Butter Brownies

crazycookinmama's Note:

If you're a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Lover, these are definitely the brownies for you!!!!! They're delicious!!!

• Total Time: 45 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 3 Dozen

• ¾ cup butter , melted (1 1/2 Sticks)
• ¾ cup reese creamy peanut butter or ¾ cup crunchy peanut butter
• 1 ¾ cups sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 4 eggs
• 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ¼ cup hershey cocoa

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 350³F.
2. Grease 13x9x2 inch baking pan.
3. Add peanut butter to melted butter in large bowl; stir until peanut butter melts.
4. Stir in sugar and vanilla.
5. Beat in eggs.
6. Add flour, baking powder and salt; beat well.
7. Remove 1 3/4 cup batter; stir cocoa into this part.
8. Spread cocoa batter into prepared pan; spread remaining peanut butter batter over top.
9. Bake 30 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from sides of pan; cool completely in pan.
10. Cut into bars.

Reviews

[hotarabiantamale]

These brownies came out really good but they seemed more cake like than i had hoped. I prefer my brownies chewy and not so thick. However, these were still really good. I actually put the peanut butter layer on the bottom because it looked better and I also added walnuts on top. I also put in 3 eggs but next time i will add less. Still, i liked this recipe!

[StrikingEyes00]

Yummy! I actually screwed up and mixed the cocoa into the whole mix, but they still turned out awesome. I can't wait to try them again the right way!

[luvinmykids]

I made these for DH, kids, MIL and I and they were gone within 2 days. My mother visited and tasted these, then asked me to make some for her because they were so good. After talking with my grandmother later, she then asked for a batch of them. Very popular recipe here now! I cut these kinda small and got 40 bars. I don't buy the Reese brand of peanut butter, so I used what I HOH and it worked great. My flour is about 2 parts unbleached all-purpose flour and 1 part whole wheat flour. Still tasted great, even with the little addition of wheat flour. Will definitely make these again...and again...and again! :)