Ingredients
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3/4 cup butter or 3/4 cup margarine, softened
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1 cup sugar
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1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
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3 large eggs
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1 teaspoon vanilla
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2 1/2 cups flour, divided
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2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
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1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine, melted
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1 cup M&M's semi-sweet chocolate baking bits, divided
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees (176 celsius).
- Lightly grease a 13x9x2-inch baking pan; set aside.
- Cream together 3/4 cup butter and both sugars in a large bowl until light and fluffy.
- Beat in eggs and vanilla.
- In a seperate medium size bowl, combine 2 1/4 cups flour, baking powder and salt; blend into creamed mixture.
- Divide batter in half.
- Blend together cocoa powder and melted butter; stir into one half of the dough.
- Spread cocoa dough evenly into the prepared pan.
- Stir remaining 1/4 flour and 1/2 cup M&M's baking bits into remaining dough; spread evenly over the cocoa dough in the pan.
- Sprinkle with remaining M&M's baking bits.
- Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until edges start to pull away from sides of the pan.
- Cool completely.
- Cut into bars.
- Store in tightly covered container.