Ooey Gooey Peanut Butter And Fudge Brownies

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups sugar
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 4 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 6 eggs, at room temperature
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1 1/4 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 10 ounces peanut butter chips
• 1 1/2 cups creamy peanut butter
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 3 eggs, at room temperature
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 3 ounces unsweetened chocolate
• 3 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
• 2 2/3 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 batter:.
• 2 heat oven to 350 degrees f. spray two 13x9x2" baking pans with cooking spray.
• 3 in a large bowl, beat sugar and butter until creamy.
• 4 blend in oil and vanilla.
• 5 add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 6 in a small bowl, combine flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt.
• 7 gradually beat flour mixture into creamed mixture until well-blended.
• 8 fold in peanut butter chips.
• 9 spread 1/4 batter into one pan.
• 10 filling:.
• 11 in a small bowl, cream peanut butter and oil.
• 12 blend in sugar and flour.
• 13 beat in eggs and vanilla until smooth.
• 14 spread half of filling mixture carefully over batter in pan.
• 15 top filling with an additional 1/4 of batter and spread evenly.
• 16 gently cut through layers to create a marbled effect.
• 17 repeat process with remaining pan, remaining batter and remaining filling.
• 18 bake 30 minutes. do not overbake.
• 19 frosting:.
• 20 meanwhile, in medium saucepan, melt chocolate and peanut butter over low heat, stirring constantly.
• 21 remove from heat and stir in remaining ingredients until smooth.
• 22 if frosting is too thick add an additional 1-3 t. water.
• 23 spread frosting over brownies immediately after baking.
• 24 cool in pans on wire racks.