28 March 2009

Best Brownies Ever

I promised Kyle that I'd make him brownies for his birthday which was last Monday. I didn't get around to it until Wednesday mostly because I'm a huge procrastinator but they went over extremely well and I thought I'd post the recipe.

Peanut Butter, Peanut Butter Cup Brownies A.K.A "I'm Fat Now"

1 cup of bittersweet chocolate*
6 tbsp unsalted butter, cut into pieces (this measurement translates into 1 stick of butter)
3 large eggs
1 cup sugar
pinch of salt
1 tsp vanilla
1/3 cup + 1 tbsp all purpose flour
1/3 cup smooth peanut butter
12 small peanut butter cups, cut into quarters**

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and grease or line your pan
2. Put about an inch or two of water in a medium sized pot and when it starts to boil put a stainless steel bowl over the pot with the chocolate and butter inside and heat until warm and melted. Remove and set aside.
3. In a separate medium bowl or mixer whisk together eggs, sugar, salt and vanilla until the eggs are thick and light coloured (approx. 2 mins)
4. Stir peanut butter into the warm butter-chocolate mixture until completely blended
5. Whisk in the chocolate-butter-peanut butter mixture and then fold in your flour
6. Bake for 25-30 mins

*you can use chocolate chips if you like, if you decide to use Baker's chocolate measure out 8oz. of chocolate for the recipe

**I used President's Choice mini peanut cups which were cheaper, and tastier than Reese peanut butter cups. If you can only get your hands on the large peanut butter cups use between 7-8 of them

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