Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, peanut butter frosted brownies. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Peanut butter and confectioner's sugar make a fluffy frosting that is perfect for brownies or chocolate cake. Naturally you wouldn't expect any kind of peanut butter frosting to spread as pretty as butter cream and still taste like peanut butter, this is "peanut butter" we're talking about after all. Classic fudgy brownies topped with a silky-smooth peanut butter frosting!

Peanut Butter Frosted Brownies is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Peanut Butter Frosted Brownies is something that I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have peanut butter frosted brownies using 18 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Peanut Butter Frosted Brownies:

1. Make ready Brownies
2. Prepare 12 Tablespoons unsalted butter cut into Tbsp-sized pieces 1 1/2 sticks
3. Make ready 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
4. Make ready 1/2 cup cocoa powder
5. Prepare 3/4 cup sugar
6. Take 3/4 cup brown sugar tightly packed
7. Get 2 large eggs + 1 egg yolk
8. Take 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
9. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon salt
10. Take 1 cup all-purpose flour
11. Get 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips optional
12. Get Peanut Butter Frosting
13. Get 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
14. Prepare 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened to room temperature
15. Get 1 1/4 cup powdered sugar
16. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
17. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon salt
18. Get 1 Tablespoon heavy cream*

These amazing Peanut Butter Brownies start with a chewy chocolate brownie recipe topped with creamy peanut butter frosting, chocolate glaze and mini Reese's peanut butter cups. Brownies won't get any better than this peanut butter and chocolate combo frosted with even more peanut butter. In small bowl, mix Peanut Butter Frosting ingredients, until smooth and spreadable. These brownies use brown butter to give them a soft toffee flavor and contain both unsweetened chocolate and cocoa powder to reinforce their richness.

Steps to make Peanut Butter Frosted Brownies:

1. BROWNIES: Preheat oven to 350F and line a 9x9 baking pan with parchment paper. - Combine butter and 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips in a large, microwave-safe bowl. Microwave for 30 seconds. Stir well, microwave for another 15 seconds and then stir well again. Repeat at 15 second intervals until chocolate and butter are completely melted and well-combined.
2. Add cocoa powder and stir well. Add sugars, stir until completely combined. Add eggs, one at a time, stirring very well after each addition. Stir in vanilla extract. - Sprinkle salt over batter and stir. Add flour, stir until completely combined. Fold in chocolate chips, if using.
3. Spread into prepared 9x9 pan. Bake on 350F (177C) for 30-35 minutes (toothpick inserted in center should be just slightly fudgy, but not wet with batter). - Allow to cool before frosting with peanut butter frosting.
4. PEANUT BUTTER FROSTING: Using an electric mixer, beat together the butter and peanut butter until smooth. Gradually add powdered sugar until combined. - Stir in salt and vanilla. Gradually, with mixer on low speed, add heavy cream. Increase speed to high and beat until well-combined and frosting is smooth (pause mid-way to scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl).

I used a commercial peanut butter that contains sugar, which yielded a beautifully smooth, fluffy frosting that was quite sweet, but I think a. Me + Spoon + Peanut Butter Frosting = Happy place. Lucky you, I managed to smear some on a few brownies to take photos. Then my kids came along and ate every one of them before I could even blink. Brownie cookies sandwiched together with a fluffy peanut butter frosting!

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