I. Love. Peanut butter. I am one of those people who will eat it by the spoonful. I bring a jar of peanut butter and plastic spoon with me to work, this should explain to you how much I like peanut butter. If a recipe has peanut butter in it, I'm all game. Without fail, I always get Reese's Pieces or Reese's cups for any sort of present. All that being said, I obviously like Reese's Pieces; so, this recipe was a must and will always be a must. I mean, come on, who doesn't like peanut butter? (If you don't, something must be wrong) So, you could probably guess that my favorite candy is Reese's Pieces and you would be 100 percent correct. So, I knew I had to try this recipe from Persnickety Plates, immediately. It just so happened that I had two boxes laying around. Next I'll have to try them without the chocolate chips. Unlike most people, I don't love chocolate. I know, I know, you're all probably thinking "What is wrong with this woman?". But hey, I still eat chocolate, it is just never a craving or a must have; I always choose something else over chocolate....like peanut butter, always choose peanut butter. Back to the blondies: whether there are chocolate chips in them or not, these blondies were delicious. Especially with a nice tall glass of cold milk.
You can also ask my father how good they are; every time I came back to have a piece, like 5 more were gone. I only got to have a few squares. I guess that means I need to make some more... bummer. So, if you make them eat 'em quick because they won't last long.
ENJOY!
Ingredients
1/2 cup salted butter (1 stick), softened
2 cups light brown sugar
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
2 eggs
1 tbsp vanilla
2 and 1/8 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup Reese's Pieces (4 oz box)
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray a 9x13 pan with non-stick spray and set aside. In a large bowl, add butter and brown sugar. Use a hand mixer to combine. Add in the peanut butter and stir with a spatula to combine. Add in the eggs and vanilla and stir till combined. In another medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir dry ingredients into wet ingredients until combined. Pour in the chocolate chips and stir to evenly distribute into batter. Push the batter evenly into the pan using spatula or fingers. Now come the Reese's Pieces; push Reese's Pieces into the top. Bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool on a cooling rack before slicing.
LATER RATER
Quick set up to the "Later Rater": It is summer time (YAY), meaning I am back home. This being so, my roommate Tater isn't here to rate these recipes. However, these will eventually be made for her later..... see what I did there? So with that, I am still trying to keep up the cool name of "Tater Rater" and that is why I have chosen the name "Later Rater". Lame or cool? I'll let y'all be the judge of that. Anywho, those determining the ratings for the summer is my family.
Based off of how quickly these went in my household, they receive a 5.
Sooooooo.... You're making these soon yes???
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