Chocolate and peanut butter brownies

24 Bars

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
cupAll-purpose flour
teaspoonBaking powder
½teaspoonSalt
cupPacked light brown sugar
1cupCreamy peanut butter
½cupMargarine or butter; (1 stick), slightly softened
3largesEggs
2teaspoonsVanilla extract
3Squares; (1 ounce each) semisweet chocolate, melted
1Square; (1 ounce) unsweetened chocolate, melted
1pack(6 ounces) semisweet-chocolate pieces

Directions

Work Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 50 minutes, plus 2 hours to cool 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder, and salt.

2. In large bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat brown sugar, peanut butter, and margarine or butter until smooth, about 2 minutes. Reduce speed to low. Beat in eggs and vanilla; beat until smooth. Beat in flour mixture just until combined (dough will be stiff).

3. Place one-third of dough (about 1¾ cups) in another large bowl. Stir in melted chocolate until blended; fold in ¾ cup semisweet-chocolate pieces.

4. Pat half of remaining peanut-butter dough into ungreased 13" by 9" metal baking pan. In random pattern, drop chocolate dough and remaining peanut- butter dough on top of peanut-butter layer; pat down with hand. Sprinkle with remaining chocolate pieces.

5. Bake 25 to 30 minutes until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on rack.

Each bar: About 270 calories, 5 g protein, 36 g carbohydrate, 13 g total fat (2 g saturated), 27 mg cholesterol, 190 mg sodium.

Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 486 by Kara9718 <Kara9718@...> on Jan 10, 1998