Frosted Peanut Butter Brownies
photo by lets.eat
- Ready In:
- 1hr 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
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72 brownies
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 cups butter or 1 1/2 cups margarine, divided
- 1⁄3 cup cocoa
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 4 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 (18 ounce) jar chunky peanut butter
- 1⁄3 cup milk
- 10 large marshmallows
- 1⁄4 cup cocoa
- 1 (16 ounce) box powdered sugar
directions
- Cook 1 cup butter and 1/3 cup cocoa in a saucepan over low heat until butter melts, stirring often.
- Remove from heat, and cool slightly.
- Combine sugar, flour, and salt in a large mixing bowl.
- Add chocolate mixture, and beat at medium speed with an electric mixer until blended.
- Add eggs and vanilla, beating until blended.
- Spread mixture into a greased 15x10 jellyroll pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Remove lid from peanut butter jar; microwave peanut butter at MEDIUM (50% power) 2 minutes, stirring once.
- Spread over warm brownies.
- Chill 30 minutes.
- Cook remaining 1/2 c.
- butter, milk, and marshmallows in a large saucepan over medium heat, stirring often, until marshmallows melt.
- Remove from heat.
- Whisk in 1/4 cup cocoa; gradually stir in powdered sugar until smooth.
- Spread over peanut butter, and chill 20 minutes.
- Cut into squares.
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Reviews
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These turned out really well. The one caution I would mention is the step wherein you microwave the peanut butter. Readers should be aware that many manufacturers today are sealing the jars with inner lids that are lined with a thin layer of metal. If you don't get every last bit of the metal liner off of the jar rim, you could be in for some fireworks inside your microwave - potentially, you could even start a fire and obliterate the oven. Transferring the peanut butter to a microwave-safe bowl is probably a lot safer. A bit more trouble, but a lot safer in the end.
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