A couple of weeks ago, Scott mentioned that there was an army thing we should *probably* go to. Some guy was having a cookout and there would be football games to watch and army wives would be present and all. I asked if we should take something. He said yes. I, because I'm incredibly unmotivated and lacking creativity these days, said I could make brownies. Boxed brownies.
I wandered the aisles of SuperTarget for 20 minutes and that's all I could come up with. The last thing I felt like doing was spending my Sunday making an elaborate dessert. And though this is my go-to appetizer, I didn't feel like transporting a hot dip.
Even though I took the easy way out of with boxed brownies, I did have the plan to make homemade frosting. This would kick the brownies up a notch and not make them taste quite so boxed. Though boxed brownies, slightly undercooked, are the best kind of brownies. I always add half a cup or so of chocolate chips to the batter to up the gooeyness factor.
Peanut Butter Frosting
1/4 cup butter, softened (half a stick)
1 t. vanilla
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
2 cups powdered sugar
2 T. milk, as needed
Cream everything together with an electric mixer or stand mixer. You may need more or less sugar and milk depending on the consistency you want.
1 t. vanilla
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
2 cups powdered sugar
2 T. milk, as needed
Cream everything together with an electric mixer or stand mixer. You may need more or less sugar and milk depending on the consistency you want.
Um, yes please. I'm not a huge peanut butter fan, but peanut butter and chocolate works for me. I would never think to put PB frosting on brownies...sounds DELISH!
ReplyDeleteThese look delicious! Also I really like your idea of putting chocolate chips in the batter- I'll definitely be trying that next time.
ReplyDeleteThis looks deliciously amazing, I have to make it!
ReplyDeleteYum! Anything with peanut butter is amazing.
ReplyDeleteI had peanut butter icing on a cupcake I bought from the Farmer's Market a few weeks ago and it was incredible! I'll have to give this one a try! :)
ReplyDeleteYummmmy! I've never made brownies from scratch, its always the box for me, but I do tend to add stuff to spice it up!
ReplyDeleteNow, I really want some brownies with peanut butter frosting. Thanks. ;-p
ReplyDeleteI love homemade frosting and make mine very similar. That said, I totally cheated making vanilla peanut butter frosting this weekend (yes, I made it, too! Great minds!). I mixed 1/3 cup peanut butter with a can of vanilla frosting. So easy. So delicious. People who ate it didn't know the difference.
ReplyDeleteI love a good peanut butter frosting!
ReplyDeleteoooh i love the idea of sprucing up boxed brownies, such a good idea!
ReplyDeleteYummy! We <3 Peanut Butter with and on about ANYTHING! I have a super simple "homemade" brownie recipe that is my go-to brownie. Since I found it, I haven't bought a boxed brownie. It is on my Pinterest somewhere if you are interested.
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