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Carob-Peanut Butter Brownies

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Carob-Peanut Butter Brownies are perfect if you can't eat chocolate.

Prep Time: 25 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 55 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 3/4 cup carob powder
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter, cut in chunks
  • 1 cup chopped nuts, lightly toasted
  • 1 cup peanut butter
  • 2 bananas, sliced into quarter inch rounds

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 350F. Grease a 9"x13" baking pan. Sift together carob, flour, salt, sugar, baking powder. Melt butter or margarine, and soften peanut butter, pour into large mixing bowl and stir in sifted dry ingredients. Add bananas and walnuts, stir or mix until well blended (bananas should be mostly dissolved in mixture). Spread dough evenly into baking pan. Bake for 30 minutes. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes.

User Reviews

 2 out of 5
Tweakable!, Member undura1770

I only used one cup of white sugar as the bananas would add sweetness. However I agree with the previous reviewer that bananas should be omitted. The end taste was overly banana instead of the choc-peanut taste. Bananas are to add moisture but really 2 tbs espresso is better. If you need caffeine free you could use caffeine free cola which would also sweeten it. I also added sweetened carob chips (like choc chips) which sweetened it enough and gave it texture.

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