This could very possibly be one of my very favorite desserts at the moment. We went over to some friends' house for dinner a couple of weeks ago and I asked if I could bring anything. She told me that I could bring a dessert. Yay! My favorite thing to make. The only hard thing was deciding what to make. It was a Sunday and the dinner was that night, so I had to make something with ingredients I already had on hand. So I searched AllRecipes.com, my FAVORITE website, to see what I could make. I eventually landed on this recipe and decided to make them because they looked really good and I had everything for them and they didn't look too complicated (not that I can't do complicated, it was a Sunday and I just didn't want to take on a huge project.) The original recipe doesn't call for Chocolate Chips, but I like chocolate and peanut butter together and it gives it a little extra texture. Mmmm...these are SO GOOD!
Chewy Gooey Peanut Butter Brownies
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/3 cup margarine, softened
2/3 cup white sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 C. chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C ). Grease a 9x9 inch baking pan. (I use a slightly bigger pan so they are a little thinner and chewier).
In a medium bowl, cream together peanut butter and margarine. Gradually blend in the brown sugar, white sugar, eggs, and vanilla; mix until fluffy. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; stir into the peanut butter mixture until well blended. Stir in chocolate chips.
Bake for 30 to 35 minutes in preheated oven, or until the top springs back when touched. Cool, and cut into 16 squares.
*If you want them a little gooey, I would take them out at 28-30 minutes.
