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Browned Butter Peanut Butter Brownies

Browned butter brownies with a swirl of creamy peanut butter.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings: 16 bars
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 3/4 cup butter
  • 1.5 cups brown sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 3/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 cup flour
  • 3/4 cup peanut butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Method
 

  1. Melt the butter in a saucepan and cook until it turns golden and smells nutty, then cool slightly.
  2. Heat oven to 350F and line a square pan with parchment.
  3. Whisk the browned butter with brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla, then stir in cocoa, flour, and salt.
  4. Spread into the pan and swirl the peanut butter on top.
  5. Bake 28 to 30 minutes until set, then cool before cutting.

Notes

Watch the butter closely while browning, it goes from golden to burnt fast.