Chocolate Peanut Butter Layer Brownies

• 2 oz. unsweetened chocolate, chopped
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1-1/4 cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 2/3 cup flour
• 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 cup chunky peanut butter
• 3 oz. bittersweet chocolate
• 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips, chopped fine

1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Butter and flour a 9-inch square baking pan, knocking out excess flour.
3. In a double boiler, melt unsweetened chocolate, stirring until smooth.
4. Remove from heat and let cool to room temperature.
5. In a large bowl with an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
6. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.Add vanilla.
7. In a small bowl, sift together flour, baking powder and salt; beat into butter mixture just until blended.
8. Divide batter between 2 bowls.
9. Whisk peanut butter into batter in 1 bowl.
10. Whisk melted chocolate into batter in another bowl; add chopped bittersweet or chips.
11. Spread peanut butter batter evenly in the pan.
12. Drop chocolate batter by large spoonsfuls onto peanut butter batter and spread carefully to form an even layer.
13. Bake brownies in middle of oven for 35 to 40 minutes or until a tester comes out with crumbs attached.
14. Cool brownies completely in pan on a wire rack before cutting into 16 squares.
15. Brownies keep, layered between sheets of wax paper in an airtight container at cool room temperature for 5 days.

unsweetened chocolate, unsalted butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, flour, baking powder, salt, chunky peanut butter, bittersweet chocolate, chocolate chips

Taken from www.foodgeeks.com/recipes/1905 (may not work)