Irresistible Peanut Butter Chip Brownies
Category: Cookies & Bars, Peanut Butter
Yield: 36 pieces
1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
1 pckg (3 oz) cream cheese, softened
2 cups Sugar
3 Eggs
1 tsp Vanilla extract
1 cup All-purpose flour
3/4 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
1/2 tsp Salt
1/4 tsp Baking powder
1 2/3 cups (10-oz pkg) REESE'S Peanut Butter Chips
BROWNIE FROSTING (optional)

Procedures
Heat oven to 325°F. Grease bottom of 13x9x2-inch baking pan.
Beat butter, cream cheese and sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs and
vanilla. Combine flour, cocoa, salt and baking powder; gradually add
to butter mixture, beating well. Stir in chips. Spread batter into
pan.
Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from sides
of pan. Cool completely. Frost with BROWNIE FROSTING, if desired. Cut
into bars. About 36 brownies
BROWNIE FROSTING: Beat 3 tablespoons softened butter or margarine and
3 tablespoons HERSHEY'S Cocoa until blended. Gradually add 1-1/3 cups
powdered sugar and 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract alternately with 1 to
2 tablespoons milk, beating to spreading consistency. About 1 cup.
Recipe from Hershey's Kitchens