Peanut Butter Crumble Topped Brownies

I made these the other day for my Bachelor-finale girls night. The original recipe can be found here at A Cook's Quest.

Basically you make the brownies and pour into the pan and then you make the peanut butter crumble and sprinkle on top, then you bake for 25 minutes to start and then just add 5 minutes and keep testing by touching the top to see if it springs back and then inserting your knife until it comes out clean, don't over-bake, it's better to have them underdone than over.

Here is the brownie recipe- however you need to cut this recipe in half in order to use a 9x9 pan, if you want to make the 9x13 size recipe you need to double the peanut butter topping portion of the recipe:

*Makes one 9X13-inch pan or CUT THE RECIPE IN HALF and bake in a 9X9 pan

1 cup butter (2 sticks)
2 cups granulated sugar
4 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup all-purpose flour
½ cup cocoa
½ teaspoon salt

In a medium bowl, combine the flour, cocoa and salt. Set aside.

In a medium saucepan over low heat, melt the butter. Remove from the heat and add the sugar, stirring well to combine. Whisk in the vanilla and then the eggs. Blend well.

Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix well. Pour into the prepared pan, set aside and make the peanut butter topping.

Peanut butter topping:

Combine the following ingrediets until crumbly:

1/2 cup all-purpose flour
2 Tbsp. light brown sugar
2 Tbsp. granulated sugar
1/3 cup peanut butter
2 Tbsp. melted butter
1/8 tsp. salt until blended and crumbly.

Sprinkle the topping evenly over the brownie and bake at 350 for about 25 mins to start, then test it and give it another 5 mins until done. Wait until they are cool to remove from pan, then cut into little squares and enjoy with your friends while watching trash like The Bachelor.

Photo Credit: A Cook's Quest