Description
An easy homemade brownie batter studded with globs of peanut butter cookie dough for a chocolate peanut butter lovers dream come true.
Ingredients
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For the Brownies
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
For the Cookie
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Prepare a 9 by 9 inch baking pan by lining it with parchment paper, leaving excess hanging over the sides for easy removal later.
Brownie Batter
- In a small pan over medium heat, melt butter and stir in sugar.
- Remove from heat and stir in eggs and vanilla extract. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, mix flour, cocoa powder, salt and baking powder. Stir the butter, sugar and eggs into the dry ingredients until just mixed. A few lumps are okay.
- Pour the brownie batter into the pan and set aside.
Peanut Butter Cookie Dough
- In a medium bowl, whisk together vegetable oil and sugar. Then add the egg, vanilla extract, and peanut butter and mix well.
- In a separate bowl, mix the flour, baking soda and salt and then add to the wet ingredients to form a dough.
- Drop 25 scoops of peanut butter cookie dough (about 1 TB each) onto the brownie batter.
- Bake for 27-30 minutes, then cool completely before cutting into bars.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Bar
- Calories: 214
- Sugar: 17g
- Sodium: 170mg
- Fat: 11g
- Saturated Fat: 4.1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5.9g
- Trans Fat: 0.3g
- Carbohydrates: 26g
- Fiber: 0.8g
- Protein: 3.3g
- Cholesterol: 45mg