Delicious Gooey Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownies

DELICIOUS GOOEY CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER BROWNIES
½ c. melted butter, cooled
1 ½ c. sugar
2 t. vanilla
3 eggs
¾ c. flour
½ c. unsweetened cocoa powder
½ t. salt
½ t. baking powder
24 full-size chocolate peanut butter cups

1. Preheat oven 350.
2. Line 9×13” baking pan with parchment paper and spray with PAM.
3. Beat together melted butter and sugar with hand mixer.
4. Add vanilla and eggs, one at a time, beating well between each addition.
5. Sift together flour cocoa powder, salt and baking powder.
6. Add to the butter/sugar mixture. Beat until fully combined.
7. Spread half batter across bottom of prepared pan. Batter is thick in texture and need to spread carefully to cover entire pan.
8. Nestle the peanut butter cups into brownie batter, forming neat rows.
9. Spread remaining batter over the cups and smooth evenly.
10. Bake for 30 minutes. Batter should be set in middle and a toothpick inserted in center should come out with a few moist crumbs.
11. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely in pan.
12. Brownies will lift easily from pan by lifting edges of parchment paper.
13. Cut into pieces and serve.