Peanut Butter Brownies

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1 (16 ounce) jar natural-style peanut butter, divided (such as smucker's natural chunky, laura scudder's old fashioned nutty or adams 100% natural crunchy)
• 1 1/2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
• 3/4 cup butter, melted and divided
• 4 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 dash salt
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 -5 tablespoons milk
• 1 cup peanut butter morsels (optional) or 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 stir peanut butter until evenly mixed throughout; measure after stirring.
• 3 combine brown sugar, 1 1/4 c peanut butter and 1/2 c butter in medium bowl; mix until smooth. stir eggs; beat until well-mixed.
• 4 combine flour, baking powder and salt; stir into peanut butter mixture. stir until well mixed.
• 5 pour into greased 13x9 baking pan. bake 25 to 30 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from sides. cool on wire rack.
• 6 combine remaining peanut butter, remaining butter, powdered sugar, vanilla and 3 t milk. beat until smooth. stir in remaining milk until frosting is spreading consistency. spread over brownies.