Description
A rich, gooey dark chocolate brownie made in a skillet with a swirl of creamy, made from scratch peanut butter. Topped with ice cream this is one seriously epic dessert meant to be shared.
Ingredients
Scale
For Skillet Brownie
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 cups dark chocolate, roughly chopped {I use 70% cocoa)
- 3/4 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 4 eggs, room temperature
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup homemade peanut butter {or other smooth, creamy peanut butter}
For Homemade Peanut Butter
- 2 cups dry roasted peanuts
- 1 TBSP granulated sugar
- pinch of salt to taste
Instructions
For Brownie Skillet
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease a 10 inch skillet with softened butter.
- To prepare peanut butter, place peanuts in a food processor and turn on high for 4-5 minutes. Mixture should resemble liquid and be smooth.
- Add sugar and salt and pulse food processor 2-3 times to combine.
- Pour peanut butter into a bowl or jar and chill in refrigerator until ready to use.
- Over a double boiler, melt butter and chocolate in a bowl over medium heat until completely melted and smooth.
- Remove from heat and sift cocoa powder over the melted chocolate mixture.
- Whisk together until smooth and shiny.
- Set aside to cool slightly.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, mix together eggs and sugar until pale and creamy. Beaters should make a ribbon-like trail when you hold the whisk attachment up over the bowl of batter.
- Add in the melted chocolate mixture and gently fold together using a rubber spatula.
- Do not over mix.
- Gently fold in flour.
- Pour batter into the prepared skillet, using a spatula or the back of a spoon to spread to the edges.
- Using a tablespoon, dollop dots of peanut butter over top of brownie batter.
- Use a table knife to gently swirl the peanut butter into the brownie batter.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes or until the edges have set and center is still slightly under baked.
- Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack until ready to serve.
- Serve with ice cream if desired.
Notes
Recipe will make more peanut butter than needed for the skillet brownie.
Store extra peanut butter in a jar in refrigerator.