Stoked on Cooking: Best Brownies

My mother always swore by recipes. Not a grain of salt more than it calls for. Well, I have come up with a reason to not always follow the written steps. The following recipe is a compilation of a few recipes, and using things that worked for other foods in the past.

Combine 1 1/2 cup sugar, 2/3 cup butter, 1/4 cup water in saucepan. Heat on stovetop over low heat, stirring continuously. Bring to a boil.

Turn burner off and add 12 oz. package of semi-sweet chocolate chips and 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract. Move to bowl.

Beat in 4 eggs

In separate bowl combine 1 1/2 cup flour, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon salt

Stir dry mixture into wet and add 10 oz. package of peanut-butter chips

In separate bowl combine 4 oz. of cream cheese, 1/4 cup peanut-butter, and 1/4 cup sugar. This will be the peanut-butter cream cheese frosting.

Pour brownie mixture into baking pan and swirl cream cheese frosting with knife into top of mixture. Sprinkle M&Ms on top.

Bake for 50 minutes at 325 degrees.

I made these for Adam Metterville for his birthday, and had personalized M&Ms made. Create you're own. WARNING: the words will melt when baked into the brownies, so add a few extra on top, and press into brownies immediately after coming out of oven.