Friday, May 11, 2012

Peanut Butter Truffle Brownies

Ok I missed the boat on the Pinata cookies... but they were cute to look at right?  But I did get to bake this week.  In honor of my friend Sarah's birthday, I made Peanut Butter Truffle Brownies.  I work with Sarah so I brought a batch to work and they were gone in about 5 seconds.  I wasn't even going to write a post about them, but when I got the comment "These are the best brownies I've ever had in my life!," I thought it would be worth it to post the recipe.

Peanut Butter Truffle Brownies

Ingredients

Brownie Base                  Filling                                          Topping
6 tablespoons cocoa        1/3 cup butter, softened                3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/4 cup butter                1/3 cup creamy peanut butter        3 tablespoons butter
1 cup sugar                    1 1/3 cups powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla        1 1/2 teaspoons milk
1/4 teaspoon salt 
1/3 cup flour 
2 eggs

Step 1:  Brownie Base
Preheat oven to 325°F degrees.  Grease an 8-inch square pan.  Dust lightly with cocoa and shake out excess.  Melt butter and mix it with cocoa powder. Then add sugar, eggs, vanilla, flour and salt. Mix to combine.  Spread brownie batter evenly in pan and put in oven to bake for 35-40 minutes.  Allow to cool completely, about 1 hour.

Step 2: Filling
In medium bowl, beat filling ingredients with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Spread mixture evenly over brownie base.

Step 3: Topping
In small microwavable bowl, microwave topping ingredients uncovered on High 30 to 60 seconds; stir until smooth. Cool 10 minutes; spread over filling. Refrigerate about 30 minutes or until set.  Store covered in refrigerator. 

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Pinata inspiration

Click here for a sneak peek at the inspiration for my next batch of cookies!  I usually don't like to follow recipes to a tee, but these look so yummy that I may have to make an exception!!

http://www.sheknows.com/food-and-recipes/articles/958083/cinco-de-mayo-pinata-cookies