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I loved peanut butter brownies as a kid but my adult taste buds now find the available recipes overly sweet with a mild peanut flavor. This updated recipe relies on powdered peanuts to boost peanut flavor. I’ve reduced the sugar by about 1/3 from the typical recipes. This recipe reflects the best of three alternate variations that I attempted.
Ingredients
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup powdered peanut butter (such as PB2®)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup peanut butter
- 1/3 cup butter
- ½ cup white sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup dark chocolate chips, or to taste
Directions
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch baking dish.
Step 2
Stir flour, powdered peanut butter, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl.
Step 3
Beat peanut butter and butter together in a bowl until creamy. Gradually add white sugar and brown sugar; beat until fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla extract; beat until smooth. Stir in flour mixture and chocolate chips until incorporated into batter. Spread batter into prepared baking dish.
Step 4
Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
Nutrition Facts (per serving)
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Servings Per Recipe 9 | |
| Calories 321 | |
| % Daily Value * | |
| Total Fat18g | 23% |
| Saturated Fat8g | 38% |
| Cholesterol59mg | 20% |
| Sodium269mg | 12% |
| Total Carbohydrate36g | 13% |
| Dietary Fiber2g | 5% |
| Total Sugars19g | |
| Protein8g | |
| Calcium54mg | 4% |
| Iron1mg | 7% |
| Potassium158mg | 3% |
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.
(-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient.If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.
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I thought this recipe turned out really well. I have been looking for recipes to use this PB2 I bought. I originally bought it for peanut butter smoothies, but found they also used it in commercial baked goods to up the peanut butter flavor without the greasiness. I followed the recipe exactly only subbing Jiff Whipped peanut butter for regular. I lined my square baking pan with heavy duty foil and sprayed it well with Bakers Joy. It lifted out of the pan and cut into such nice perfect squares. Using the slightly lower calorie Jiff PB Whipped peanut butter and cutting it into 16 pieces, instead of 12, the calories count equaled 165 calories per brownies.
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These were so good! The texture was really smooth and the peanut butter flavor was very prevalent! My family loved these!
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DELICIOUS Ben and thanks for the recipe!
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I doubled the recipe and baked it in a 9X13 pan. Didn’t seem quite done at 25 minutes so left for 5 more. 27 would probably have been perfection. Glazed with the Satiny Chocolate Glaze. Wonderful brownies- I’ve found that I like the effect that the PB powder has on the texture of the product as well as the taste. A keeper!!
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This is an excellent recipe! my kids loved it! and it’s not too sweet! thanks!
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I doubled this recipe and baked in a 9×13 pan using the convection setting on my oven which requires a reduction of 25 degrees. I made no changes. I baked for 27 minutes – the last 2 minutes on the top shelf. I was initially disappointed because the edge row was a bit dry, but discovered that the next row was quite a bit moister. Flavor is great.
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Absolutely awesome!!!! The first batch I made, I put recommended amount of chips and I loved it!! My wife requested more chips (she loves chocolate) so increased amount and I have since made this delightful dish about 12 times. Passed them out to my friends and family and they were all blown away. They would have never have imagined that I took up baking. Hahaha.
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This turned out really well, family liked it. Instead of dark chocolate chips (didn’t have any), we used 1/4 C white chocolate chips and 1/4 C peanut butter chips.
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Delicious. God bless everyone. Thank you very much for wonderful recipes
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Turned out great!! Not super sweet (which we love in my house) and very moist! I used mini semi-sweet chocolate chips and they seemed to work out great! Lots in each bite!
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Tried this recipe this morning, super delicious, and my family loved it! I ended up using a dark chocolate Hersey?s Bar and cutting that up instead of chocolate chips, and it worked pretty well.
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Best I ever had! Substituted gluten free baking mix for the flour.
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it was good
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I made them as directed. Nice flavor and sweetness. Not the consistency of brownies at all, a bit crumbly. I cooked them in a glass 8×8 pan at 325 for 28 minutes. Something went wrong
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Thanks for the recipe Ben! I never thought about adding PB2 to peanut butter recipes, but I am going to pick some up and, not only, try YOUR recipe, but add it to a few other recipes that could use some or more peanut buttery flavor.
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Thanks for the recipe Ben! I never thought about adding PB2 to peanut butter recipes, but I am going to pick some up and, not only, try YOUR recipe, but add it to a few other recipes that could use some or more peanut buttery flavor.
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Quick and easy recipe. The peanut butter powder definitely helps the flavor and the sweetness is spot on. No idea how they are the next day – family devoured the entire pan. Only drawback is you need to have peanut butter powder – not a pantry staple. Also, baked at 325 degrees since I used a glass pan.
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I loved this recipe. It’s super easy, very soft and a perfect treat. The only thing I didn’t use was the peanut butter powder and subed with flour.
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I went ahead and gave this a 4 even though it wasn’t sweet enough for me. The recipe is fairly easy and I like how they aren’t dry. I only have semi sweet chocolate chips and they were nice. Since I prefer them sweeter, I will double or triple the chocolate chips next time and keep everything else the same.
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I really loved these brownies. I would recommend to buy chocolate chips that are truly on the less sugary end. Some dark chocolate or bittersweet chocolate chips brands are actually sweeter than what they suggest. So, to keep the sweet balance, just make sure that the chips are not too sweet.
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A quick and great recipe. This is something I know I can always pull out at the last minute and everyone loves them!
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awsome recipe!! skipped the peanut butter powder and just used 1/2 cup creamy peanut and 3/4 cup dark chocolate chips. cooked on top rack for 25 mins but center was still a little gooey..i reccomend about 25mins on bottom rack
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