50+ Friends Club Cookbook -- Cakes and Frostings -- Charlie Brownies
50+ Friends Club Cookbook
Cakes and Frostings
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Charlie Brownies
From the Kitchen of: Aunt Sadie
In honor of the death of Charles Schulz and the last Peanuts comic strip.
1 | jar (16 oz.) | Creamy PEANUT Butter, divided |
1-1/2 | cups | firmly packed brown sugar |
3/4 | cup | butter or margarine, melted, divided |
4 | | eggs, lightly beaten |
1 | cup | all-purpose flour |
1 | teaspoon | baking powder |
| | Dash of salt |
3 | cups | powdered sugar |
1/2 | teaspoon | vanilla |
3 to 5 | tablespoons | milk |
1/2 | cup | chopped PEANUTS |
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Stir peanut butter until evenly mixed throughout; measure after stirring. Combine brown sugar, 1-1/4 cups PEANUT butter and 1/2 cup butter in medium bowl; mix until smooth. Stir eggs; beat until well mixed. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; stir into peanut butter mixture. Stir until well mixed. Pour into greased 13x9-inch baking pan.
- Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from sides.
Cool on wire rack.
- Combine remaining peanut butter, remaining butter, powdered sugar, vanilla and 3 tablespoons milk. Beat until smooth. Stir in remaining milk until frosting is spreading consistency. Spread over brownies. Sprinkle with chopped PEANUTS.
Tip: Stir in 1-cup peanut butter morsels or semi-sweet chocolate morsels if desired.
Makes 2 dozen