Peanut Butter Cookie Brownies

Name: Peanut Butter Cookie Brownies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: American,
Ingredients: 2 cups creamy peanut butter; 2 cups granulated sugar; 2 large eggs at room temperature; 1 tbsp pure vanilla extract; 24 double-stuffed chocolate sandwich cookies; 1 pack (family-size) fudge brownie mix; 1/2 tsp cinnamon ground; 1/2 crunchy peanut butter; 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter; 1/2 cup butterscotch chips

Peanut Butter Cookie Brownies are a decadent dessert that starts with a layer of a peanut butter cookie, followed by a layer of double-stuffed sandwich cookies and topped with chocolate brownies, all baked together for a melt-in-your-mouth treat. Recipe and photo credit: Ama... Read More Read Less

10m

PREP TIME

40m

COOK TIME

10

INGREDIENTS

Servings: 24

Ingredients

Peanut Butter Cookie Brownies
2 cups creamy peanut butter
2 cups granulated sugar
2 large eggs, at room temperature
1 tablespoon McCormick® All Natural Pure Vanilla Extract
24 double-stuffed chocolate sandwich cookies
1 pack (family-size) fudge brownie mix
1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Ground Cinnamon
Peanut Butter Sauce (Optional)
1/2 crunchy peanut butter
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1/2 cup butterscotch chips

KEY PRODUCTS

INSTRUCTIONS

1 Preheat oven to 350°F. In bowl of stand mixer (or a large bowl if using a handheld mixer), cream together peanut butter and sugar until well blended. Beat in eggs and vanilla.
2 Press peanut butter cookie mixture into greased 13x9-inch pan. Place whole sandwich cookies on top of peanut butter cookie layer.
3 Prepare brownie mix as directed on package, adding cinnamon. Pour brownie batter evenly over sandwich cookie layer.
4 Bake 35 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick, inserted in brownie layer only, comes out with fudgy crumbs. Cool in pan 10 minutes.
5 Meanwhile, for the Peanut Butter Sauce, melt butter and peanut butter in medium saucepan on medium-low heat. Add butterscotch chips. Remove from heat and stir until mostly melted. Cool slightly. Cut brownies into bars. Pour Peanut Butter Sauce over brownies!