Mallory’s Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Brownies

One of my friends Mallory created this recipe!  It is very good!  

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Chocolate Chip, Peanut Butter, Cream Cheese Brownies, Recipe. 🙂
by Mallory Walsh Ruggiero

• Ingredients:
• 3/4 cup peanut butter
• 4 oz cream cheese, softened
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) of butter or margarine, softened (NOT melted)
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup baking cocoa
• 1/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions:
1. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease a square pan, or cupcake pan, set aside. Mix peanut butter and softened cream cheese in small bowl until well blended; set aside.
2. Mix sugars, butter, milk and eggs in medium bowl. Stir in flour, baking powder and salt.
3. Divide the batter in half and separate into two different bowls. Stir the peanut butter/cream cheese mixture into 1 half. Stir chocolate chips and cocoa in the other half.
4. Spoon batter into pan as follows:
Square pan: Spoon chocolate batter into pan in 8 mounds, checkerboard style. Spoon peanut butter batter between mounds of chocolate. Gently swirl through batters with a knife for marbled design.
Cupcake pan: Spoon chocolate batter into cups, filling about half. Spoon peanut butter on top filling the other half. Use knife to swirl for marbled design. You can fill to top of cupcake cup, they won’t rise too much.
5. Bake 30-35 minutes. Cool completely, about 1 hour.

Enjoy!!

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