4 Best Brownie Recipes

Explore chocolate, peanut butter, and butterscotch varieties

By Linda Larsen

Updated 10/30/17

Brownies are always welcome, whether as an after school treat or as a nice surprise tucked into a lunch box. And there are so many things you can do with them! These brownie recipes are all quick, easy, and very delicious. The key to making the best brownies is to measure the ingredients correctly, make sure your oven is accurate, follow the directions to the letter, and bake them just until done. Over baked brownies are dry brownies! Have fun making these brownie recipes and challenge yourself...MORE to think of new combinations you and your family will love.

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    German Chocolate Brownies
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    German Chocolate Brownies. Linda Larsen

    German chocolate brownies are fudgy, with a delicious topping of brown sugar, nuts, and coconut that is broiled to chewy perfection.

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    Creamy Brownies
    Creamy Brownies
    Creamy Brownies. Linda Larsen

    These wonderful brownies are creamy and velvety because the sugar is boiled with butter and water so it dissolves completely. And the simple frosting is perfect. Yum.

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    Peanut Butter Turtle Bars
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    Peanut Butter Turtle Bars. Linda Larsen

    These brownies taste like a combination of brownie, fudge, caramel, and peanut butter. You have to cut them into 1" squares because nobody can handle a bigger piece! These are the brownies I make when I want to feed (and wow) a crowd. In fact, my husband is taking them to school today to give to his students!

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    Butterscotch Brownies Recipe
    Butterscotch Brownies
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    Who says brownies have to be made of chocolate? This wonderful recipe is for brown sugar lovers. The rich and chewy brownies are topped with a caramel frosting for even more decadence.