November 2, 2015

Peanut Butter Frosting

Recipe challenge, week forty-one

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.  

11 comments:

  1. 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!

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  2. These look delicious! Also I really like your idea of putting chocolate chips in the batter- I'll definitely be trying that next time.

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  3. This looks deliciously amazing, I have to make it!

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  4. Yum! Anything with peanut butter is amazing.

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  5. I 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! :)

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  6. Yummmmy! I've never made brownies from scratch, its always the box for me, but I do tend to add stuff to spice it up!

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  7. Now, I really want some brownies with peanut butter frosting. Thanks. ;-p

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  8. I 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.

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  9. oooh i love the idea of sprucing up boxed brownies, such a good idea!

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  10. Yummy! 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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