Peanut Butter Squares!

[chezuki]

Well? How did they turn out? Looks like you used a smaller pan, so they would have been thicker. I'm interested to know if that makes a big difference.

Delicious! They're über-rich. Mine are definitely thicker because of my limited pan availability, but the chocolate is thicker as well so the ratio is still good.

I'm on a very strict low-sodium diet so I used no-sodium peanut butter. In retrospect I should have upped the peanut butter or cut the sugar a bit to account for no salt to balance it out.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

I sent the recipe to my wife.

She said it wasn't on our "diet"...I can't understand why

And then she said she didn't have a mixer beefy enough to handle that. I think she's hinting around for a Mother's Day present.

 

[stilllearning09]

Yum! Copied that recipe and that is on my to do list for this coming weekend. Screw the diet! Thanks for sharing.

 

[steveh_131]

And then she said she didn't have a mixer beefy enough to handle that. I think she's hinting around for a Mother's Day present.

Never negotiate with terrorists.

Says the guy with a Kitchenaid Professional mixer in his kitchen.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Never negotiate with terrorists.

Says the guy with a Kitchenaid Professional mixer in his kitchen.

You've obviously never heard the old saying: "When mamma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy".

This is one area where appeasement is a good thing.

 

[Scutter01]

You can't go wrong with a Kitchen Aid professional mixer. Seriously. It's a worthwhile investment for both your kitchen and your marital harmony.

 

[Scutter01]

Delicious! They're über-rich. Mine are definitely thicker because of my limited pan availability, but the chocolate is thicker as well so the ratio is still good.

How long did they take you to prepare? I can't seem to do it in under 45 minutes in spite of the relative simplicity of the recipe. I would also like to find a way to tone down the sweetness and increase the firmness and texture without killing the taste. Now that I'm well out of grade school, it's a little overpowering.

 

[chezuki]

How long did they take you to prepare? I can't seem to do it in under 45 minutes in spite of the relative simplicity of the recipe. I would also like to find a way to tone down the sweetness and increase the firmness and texture without killing the taste. Now that I'm well out of grade school, it's a little overpowering.

About 20 minutes, but I've been cooking for a living for 15+ years.

Next time I'm going to up the peanut butter and replace at 1-2 cups of the powdered sugar with graham cracker crumbs.

 

[Scutter01]

About 20 minutes, but I've been cooking for a living for 15+ years.

Yeah, I can easily see that half my time is probably wasted trying to find a spatula.

 

[hoosierdoc]

You can't go wrong with a Kitchen Aid professional mixer. Seriously. It's a worthwhile investment for both your kitchen and your marital harmony.

We have one and it is awesome. Metal gears, not plastic. Great for bread dough and just about everything else.