I chose Patriot colored M&Ms to Superbowl them up. I call these "Brady's Blondies."
First off, I noticed it was a very small batch so that kinda made me mad. There's only about 4 left that I didn't use for the photo. Second, I was a little disappointed when they were done because they tasted more life chocolate chip cookie brownies then brown sugar brownies. In the original post, the author use M&Ms too. I wonder if that's what they taste like or if the chocolate makes them taste like that? Either way they are good, but I wanted them to taste less like choco chip cookies. I was originally going to make these on Valentine's Day for my kids, but I'm not sure anymore.
Here is the recipe if you'd like to give it a go (I would appreciate any feedback on the taste):
Brown Sugar Blondies (stolen from Baked Perfection)
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 cup to 1 1/3 cup M&M's
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
Mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and set aside. Melt 1/3 cup butter. Add 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar and mix well. Cool slightly. Add egg (beaten) and vanilla and blend well. Add flour mixture, a little at a time, mixing well. Mix in 2/3 cup M&M's. Spread in 9 x 9 x 2 inch pan. Sprinkle 1/3 to 2/3 cup M&M's on top. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes (maybe longer because the middle didn't cook all the way through on mine.) Store in airtight container at room temperature.
