Today I realized how much I really love to bake. Tomorrow is another one of my really good friend's birthdays and birthdays always mean baking for me! Thankfully he asked for something that didn't have Oreos in it because as much as I love Oreos, I was ready for a break from them. When I asked him what he wanted me to make him for his birthday, he said he wanted peanut butter brownies. This was kind of an open request because there is a lot of different variation with just peanut butter brownies. I wanted to make something unique and not just your average everyday brownie so I headed to google to find me a recipe. I googled peanut butter brownies and stumbled upon a recipe that looked amazing. I found this recipe on the blog called Nosh and Tell. Here is the link for the website and the recipe http://www.noshandtell.com/?p=151. I pretty much followed the recipe but I used a bit more peanut butter than the original called for so here is the recipe that I used...
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 tablespoon water
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips + 1/3 cup more for garnish
1 large egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 cup milk chocolate chips + 1/3 cup more for garnish
1 cup creamy peanut butter
First things first, I preheated the oven to 350F. While the oven was heating up, I melted the butter for about 30 seconds in the microwave because I didn't want to wait for it to soften and I was going to heat it in the microwave next so I figured it wouldn't matter. After heating the butter, I added the sugar and water and heated the mixture for 45 seconds in the microwave. I stirred it together after taking it out and stirred in the semi-sweet chocolate chips. All the chocolate chips melted in very easily and then I added the egg and vanilla extract. The flour was the next to go into the mixture as well as the baking soda. I then let the the batter cool to room temperature which only took about 10 minutes. The last element to the batter was the milk chocolate chips and I stirred those in until they were evenly distributed in the batter. I then filled a muffin pan that I sprayed with Pam with the batter using an ice cream scoop. The batter was just enough for 12 brownies. Here's what they looked like before they were put in the oven...
Once placed in the oven, I let them bake for about 13 minutes or until the center was still moist when pierced with a fork or toothpick. After 13 minutes, I put them back in for another minute because I wasn't sure if they were done. I took them out and let them cool so that the centers would fall. If the center of the brownies didn't fall, the recipe said use a tablespoon to push down the center in order to make a dip for the peanut butter. Thankfully my brownies' centers fell in so I didn't have to! Once they had been cooling for about 15 minutes, I heated up the peanut butter in the microwave for 45 seconds. I thought the recipe only called for 1/4 cup, so I only measured out 1/4 cup. After melting the 1/4 cup, I used a tablespoon to pour the melted peanut butter in the centers. It was only enough for 4 brownies so I did 2 more rounds of 1/4 cup + about another 1/4 cup for garnish. I added the remaining semi-sweet and milk chocolate chips to the peanut butter and then a sprinkled the rest of the peanut butter over the top of them. This is what they looked like after adding the peanut butter and garnish...
YUM
Little messy looking but they taste so good
I then let them cool completely for about 2 more hours. They easily came out of the pan because I used the Pam. I cut into one just to take a peak at the inside and here's what it turned out to be...
Inside view
I had a little bite of the one I cut open and it was so rich and tasty. The brownies were super dense and heavy when I took them out of the muffin pan but I haven't fully tasted one yet because I want to let the birthday boy taste them first. I would definitely suggest making this recipe though because it was super easy and a great spin on an ordinary peanut butter brownie. I'll let y'all know what the review is about them but I have a feeling it will be a good one haha!
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