Peanut Butter Fudge Brownie Bars

Notice:   These are not Low FODMAP!  they are a sweet treat when you feel like cheating and they are amazing!  My husband, Ken LOVES them.  These can be very addicting!

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cup sugar
1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine melted, I used butter flavored shortening
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/4 c dark cocoa powder
1/4 cup milk
1 1/4 cup chopped pecans or walnuts, divided (I omitted the extra nuts)
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine
1 2/3 cup (10 oz package) Reese’s Peanut butter Chips
1 (14oz) sweetened condensed milk
1/4 cup semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips

Instructions:

  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F.  Grease 13x9x2-inch baking pan.
  2. Beat sugar, melted butter, eggs and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.  Add flour, cocoa and milk; beat until blended.  Stir in 1 cup nuts.  Spread in prepared pan.
  3. Bake 25-30 minutes or just until edges begin to pull away from sides of pan. Cool completely  in pan on wire rack.
  4. Melt 1/2 cup butter and peanut butter chips in medium saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly.  Add sweetened condensed milk, stirring until smooth, pour over baked layer.
  5. Place chocolate chips in small microwave-safe bowl.  Microwave at medium (50%) 45 seconds or just till chips are melted when stirred.  Drizzle bars with melted chocolate; sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup nuts.  Refrigerate 1 hour or until firm.  Cut into bars.  Cover; refrigerate leftover bars.     Makes 24 to 36 bars.

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Author: ruthmfisher

I am Registered Dietitian who has a long love-hate relationship with food all my life. Starting out as a farm girl who loved to cook and eat-to an IBS/SIBO sufferer to a dietetics professional. This is my guide to eating grains and carbs without suffering and a tribute to my mother and grandmother along the way. It's kind of a "Julie and Julia" type of project to preserve my legacy of family recipes while adjusting them to meet my own dietary needs.

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