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Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups finely crushed graham crackers (18 full grahams)
- 1/4 cup sugar
- heaping 1/4 cup salted, dry-roasted peanuts
- 1/4 cup melted unsalted butter
- hefty pinch salt
- Middle (brownie) Layer:
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter
- 2 oz unsweetened chocolate, chopped
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 t vanilla
- 1/4 t salt
- 2/3 cup AP flour
- 1/2 cup peanut butter chips
- Top (frosting) layer:
- 1/4 cup room temperature unsalted butter
- 2 T creamy, not natural peanut butter, to taste
- 2 cups confectionersâ sugar
- 1 T milk (plus more to taste)
- 1/2 vanilla
- pinch of salt
- coarse sea salt for sprinkling
- salted peanuts, optional
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