Chocolate Banana Peanut Butter Streusel Brownies or AH HUNKA HUNKA Burning Love Brownies

Chocolate-Banana Peanut Butter Brownies:

5 oz semi sweet chocolate (or a little less that 1 cup chips)

1 oz bittersweet chocolate (or 3 tablespoons chips)

6 tablespoons salted butter

1 cup packed light brown sugar

2 large eggs

1/2 t vanilla (optional) – Gloria leaves it out, anna added ½ tsp

1/2 of a small banana-well mashed (around 50 grams)

3/4 cup sifted flour

1 T unsweetened natural cocoa powder

1/4 teaspoon salt (if using unsalted butter, add an extra pinch)

1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

1/2 cup lightly toasted chopped pecans or walnuts



Peanut Butter Streusel: Stir together 1/4 cup all-purpose flour, 1 Tbsp. light brown sugar, 1 Tbsp. granulated sugar, 3 tablespoons peanut butter, 1 Tbsp. melted butter until blended and crumbly. set aside



Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Spray cooking spray on bottom only of an 8 inch metal pan. Gloria noted that for the fair, she used non-stick foil to line the pan.



Mix flour, cocoa, and salt together and set aside.

Combine sugar, eggs, and banana in a separate bowl-stir until combined. I did this with a fork.

Melt butter in a saucepan over medium low heat, then reduced heat to low and add 5 oz and 1 oz of chocolates.

Cook and stir over low until smooth. Cool 5 minutes.



Add chocolate to sugar egg/banana mixture-stir until combined.

Stir in dry ingredients until just combined.

Fold in that last 1/2 cup chips and nuts.

Sprinkle Peanut Butter Streusel mixture over batter

Bake 35-40 min, check at 35