Quick Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownies

Gooey and delicious, these brownies are made with a dose of chocolate and peanut butter for a decadent dessert!

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 45 mins
• Calories: 247 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• ½ cup peanut butter
• 1 cup white sugar
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ cup chopped walnuts (Optional)
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 2 cups chocolate chips

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.

Step 2

Melt the chocolate chips, butter, and peanut butter together in the top of a double boiler over simmering water, stirring frequently and scraping down the sides with a rubber spatula to avoid scorching. Stir vanilla into chocolate mixture.

Step 3

Stir flour, sugar, eggs, baking soda, and salt into the chocolate mixture. Fold walnuts into batter. Pour batter into prepared baking dish.

Step 4

Bake brownies in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with moist chunks on it, but not wet, about 30 minutes. Cool to room temperature before cutting into squares.