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Did you know January 24, is National Peanut Butter Day? You can read all about it here!
There’s also a National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day (March 1), National Peanut Day (September 13) and National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day (April 2), in case you were wondering.
There’s a holiday dedicated to every food probably imaginable. I secretly do enjoy food holidays. Every celebration includes food, so why not include celebrate food? (there’s some food for thought). But really, I never need an excuse to bake, cook, or write about food!
That brings me to peanut butter! It can be a controversial yet comforting ingredient. I tend to use natural peanut butter because I like to take my sugar in the form of chocolate. My favorite lately has been the Kraft All Natural Peanut Butter. Speaking of chocolate, peanut butter and chocolate is a match made in heaven. There’s something comforting about the saltiness of peanuts, combined with sweet chocolate. (If you’ve ever had a Nutella Peanut Butter sandwich, I know you’d agree). So of course, I had to make a brownie combining the two.
Peanut Butter White Chocolate Brownies
Chocolate makes an appearance twice in this recipe: semi-sweet chocolate in the base of the brownie, and white chocolate combined with peanut butter in the swirl layer!
What’s also great about this recipe is that it uses a smaller pan. Most brownie recipes are fit for a feast. Even my Red Velvet Cream Cheese Brownies were made for a bigger pan. This time, I used a small loaf pan: like this 8 x 4 pan like this Wilton pan. The recipe made a solid six pieces – which makes it perfect for a couple people to eat over the course of a few days so you don’t have to feel as guilty about having a whole pan of brownies lying around. In no ways does this mean you have to share, keep it to yourself savor it one piece a day (if you can make it last that long!)
Give it a shot! I know you wont be disappointed!
If you try the recipe, let me know in the comments below how it went!
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Cheers,
White Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirled Brownies
Ingredients
Brownies
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter melted, 1/2 stick
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup melted chocolate
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 95g
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 21g
- 2 tbsp instant coffee or 1/2espresso
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
Peanut butter Swirl
- 1/4 cup peanut butter
- 1/4 cup white chocolate
- 1 /2 tbsp cream
- 1 egg yolk
Instructions
Prep
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Prepare an 8 x 4-inch pan with parchment paper.
Brownie layer:
- Melt the butter in a large microwave-safe bowl for one minute (2 - 30-second increments).
- Add in brown sugar, white sugar and beat well.
- Add the egg, melted chocolate, vanilla and mix well
- Add in the dry ingredients: cocoa powder, flour, salt, and espresso powder or instant coffee.
- Mix until just combined.
Peanut butter layer
- In a separate bowl, melt white chocolate chips with 1/2 table spoon cream.
- Once melted, combine with peanut butter, and egg yolk.
- Mix until it is completely smooth.
Putting it together:
- Add the brownie mixture to the prepared pan (8 x 4)
- Drop spoonfuls of the peanut butter white chocolate mixture on top of the prepared brownie batter.
- Glide a knife through the layers, creating a swirl pattern
- Bake the brownies for 18-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Allow the brownies to cool completely before cutting into squares.
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