Ooey Gooey Peanut Butter and Fudge Brownies

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: 55 mins
• 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.