Mr. Goodbar Brown Butter Blondies

Like most of you, I’m sure, the days (and weeks, apparently) after Easter left me with a plethora of candy sitting around my house.  One of my bags of chocolates was a variety of Hershey’s minis; including Milk Chocolate, Krackle’s, Hershey’s Special Dark, and Mr. Goodbars.

Here’s the thing though. I’m not a huge fan of Mr. Goodbars plain. So I set out to bake them into something. The winner? Blondies. I used the same base from Sally’s Baking Addiction that I did for my m&m blondies. I did a few things differently though- specifically, browning the butter, and baking them in an 8×8 pan. These were things I simply didn’t have available to me the last time I made blondies, but boy did they make a difference! I found myself polishing off three or four thick, delicious, buttery and caramel-y blondies. YUM.

Browning the butter was super duper easy. I was wary of it, but now that I’ve done it I want to brown the butter for everything. I finally understand what all the hype is about! All you do is melt the called for amount of butter in a skillet over medium heat, and keep whisking it until you see brown specks appear in the botton of the pan. The butter will be a gorgeous shade of amber, and your kitchen will be filled with a wonderful nutty aroma. Pour the butter into a bowl after this happens so the butter doesn’t burn! The entire process will take around 5-6 minutes.

I topped them off with chopped up mini Mr. Goodbars, but you could use any candy you prefer! The great thing about blondies is that they are a blank slate for ANYTHING you want to mix in. I see myself making many more blondies in the future!

Recipe:

(adapted from Sally’s Baking Addiction)

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 and 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 5-7 chopped mini mr. goodbar candy bars

1. Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat; whisking constanty. Remove from heat when butter starts to turn brown, about 5-6 minutes and pour into a large mixing bowl. Mix in brown sugar and let cool to room temperature.
2. Preheat oven to 350. Spray 8×8 pan with cooking spray and set aside.
3. To the cooled butter/sugar mixture, mix in egg and vanilla. Add the flour, baking soda, and salt.
4. Pour into 8×8 pan and sprinkle the chopped candy bars on top. Mix in slightly.
5. Bake for 25 minutes, or until the top is lightly brown. Allow to cool for at least one hour and slice into squares.

M&M Blondies

{recipe from Sallysbakingaddiction}

I had a rather horrible evening Thursday night. For security purposes I’m not going to talk about why, but essentially I got in a lot of trouble at work for a very small infraction, and I came home and sobbed. Friday I proceeded to eat my sorrows in Chocolate cookies and peeps. Feeling terrible about eating six cookies in one day and not saving many for my roommates, and wanting to do something other than moping over tumblr and cookies, I decided to try this recipe from sally’s baking addiction to use up a bunch of margarine and Christmas m&ms I had.

So I made these. I substituted margarine for browned butter because I accidentally bought eight pounds of it two months ago and really need to use it up; plus, I’m saving my butter for Easter. (I’m a poor intern, don’t judge me.)

I also used a larger pan instead of the 8×8 called for in the recipe because that was all I had,  so they were much thinner than Sally’s were.

To view and make this recipe, go here.