#1615 - Peanut Butter Chip Brownie

(by Shirley McNevich)

3/4 cup Hershey's cocoa
1/2 tsp. baking soda
2/3 cup melted butter
1/2 cup boiling water
2 cups white sugar
2 beaten eggs
1 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp. salt
1 - 12oz. bag Reese's peanut butter chips

In a bowl add cocoa and baking soda--add 1/3 cup of the melted butter and stir. Add boiling water--stir until thick. Add white sugar and beaten eggs--stir just until mixed. Add the other 1/3 cup melted butter--stir just until mixed. Add flour, vanilla and salt--stir just until mixed. Add peanut butter chips--stir just until mixed. Pour batter into a greased 9 x 13 cake pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes.