Peanut Butter Swirl Brownies

---

This recipe takes my super-easy “Best of the Brownies” recipe, which I’ve copied below so you don’t have to flip back and forth, and a decadent peanut butter swirl to make these “Better than the Best of the Brownies”. I mean, peanut butter and chocolate is really the best thing on earth, isn’t it?

Brownie Ingredients:

• 1 c all purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 c butter
• 1 c brown sugar
• 1 c white sugar
• 3/4 c cocoa powder
• 3 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla

Peanut Butter Swirl Ingredients:

• 1/2 c peanut butter
• 1/3 c powdered sugar
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 2 Tbsp heavy cream

---

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9 x 13 inch baking pan.
2. Combine the flour and baking powder in a small bowl, set aside.
3. Melt the butter, white sugar and brown sugar in a large saucepan.
4. Take the pan off the heat and add the eggs one at a time, whisking in between.
5. Whisk in the vanilla extract.
6. Add the flour mixture and whisk.
7. Pour into the prepared baking pan.
8. Make the peanut butter swirl by mixing all the ingredients together in a small bowl.
9. “Plop” dollops of the peanut butter mixture into the brownie batter, then drag a knife through it to swirl it around.
10. Place in oven to bake for 30-35 minutes.

---

Nutritional Information*

• Servings: 20
• Calories per serving: 244
• Total Fat: 13.8 g
• Saturated Fat: 6.9 g
• Total Carbohydrates: 26.9 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1.8 g
• Sugar: 9.4 g
• Protein: 3.7 g

*Nutritional Information estimated using MyFitnessPal