Peanut Butter Brownies Recipe

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"I came up with these fudgy peanut butter brownies when I ran out of ingredients I needed for my usual recipe," relates Marcella Cremer of Decatur, Illinois. "They take less than 10 minutes to mix up."

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Peanut Butter Brownies Recipe

Prep: 10 min. Bake: 30 min. + cooling

Yield: 24 Servings

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Ingredients

1 package (17-1/2 ounces) peanut butter cookie mix
1/2 cup baking cocoa
2/3 cup chocolate syrup
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 egg
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or peanuts
FROSTING:
2 cups plus 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
1/4 cup baking cocoa
1/2 cup chocolate syrup
1/4 cup butter, melted
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

In a large bowl, combine cookie mix and cocoa. Beat in chocolate syrup, butter and egg until combined. Stir in nuts.
Spread into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 28-32 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine frosting ingredients until smooth. Spread over brownies. Cut into squares. Yield: 2 dozen.

Editor's Note: This recipe was tested with Betty Crocker peanut butter cookie mix.

>Nutritional Facts 1 brownie equals 237 calories, 10 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 19 mg cholesterol, 147 mg sodium, 36 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 3 g protein.

Originally published as Peanut Butter Brownies in Quick Cooking July/August 1999, p62

Substitute for Nuts

If your family loves the crunch of nuts in brownies and chocolate chip cookies, but someone is allergic to them, add granola or crisp rice cereal in the same amounts as the nuts called for in your recipes. But, always check the granola or cereal packages for nut allergy alerts to be certain.