They are good, but not what I wanted. I am in search of something peanut butter flavored, but with the texture of a brownie. These are peanut butter flavored, with the texture of a peanut butter cookie. Dammit. I would welcome suggestions or advice from anyone. In the meantime, here is the recipe that I used. It was modified from my old Pillsbury cookbook.
Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars:
- 1 cup peanut butter, divided (I used Trader Joe's creamy, natural style)
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 1/4 cup flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 6 ounces chocolate (I used a mix of dark and milk chocolates)
- 6 ounces heavy cream
Line a 9x9 inch square pan with parchment paper. Place 1/2 cup peanut butter, butter, and sugars together in large bowl and beat. Beat in egg. Add dry ingredients and beat. Refrigerate for about 20 minutes, and preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Press chilled dough into pan and bake for about 18-20 minutes, until it starts to become golden at the edges. Heat remaining 1/2 cup peanut butter, then spread carefully across bars. Allow bars to cool completely.
Heat heavy cream and chocolate, stirring constantly until smooth, and pour across peanut butter layer, spreading to edges. Chill bars until chocolate is set. Remove bars from pan and slice into squares. Store in refrigerator.
3 comments:
check out these I made:http://tartelette.blogspot.com/2007/02/regrssive-bars.html
Skip the jam and use chocolate chips and chocolate ganache and that might be what you are looking for.
Helene - I checked those out and they looked like what I was hoping for. I will have to try them! Thank you!
After my comment I realised it could be perceived as some shameless self promotion but it is not !!
You could use peanut butter chips instead of chocolate ones too.
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