Smucker's Peanut Butter Brownies

These are absolutely wonderful! I have never made them myself but I used to work with a lady who had made them a couple of times and brought them to work. I just had to have the recipe for this one. These are also very rich but so good.

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Serves: 24
• Yields: 2 dozen

Ingredients

• 1 (16 ounce) jar  smuckers natural creamy peanut butter, divided
• 1 1⁄2 cups  firmly packed brown sugar
• 3⁄4 cup butter or 3⁄4 cup margarine, melted,divided
• 4  eggs, lightly beaten
• 1  cup all-purpose flour
• 1  teaspoon baking powder
• 1  dash salt
• 3  cups powdered sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 -5  tablespoons milk

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Stir peanut butter until evenly mixed throughout; measure after stirring.
3. Combine brown sugar, 1-1/4 cups peanut butter and 1/2 cup butter in medium bowl; mix until smooth.
4. Stir egg; beat until well mixed.
5. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; stir into peanut butter mixture.
6. Stir until well mixed.
7. Pour into greased 13X9 baking pan.
8. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from sides.
9. Cool on wire rack.
10. Combine remaining peanut butter, remaining butter, powdered sugar, vanilla and 3 tbsp milk.
11. Beat until smooth.
12. Stir in remaining milk until frosting is spreading consistency.
13. Spread over brownies.
14. Tip: Stir in 1 cup of peanut butter morsels if desired.