butterfinger brownies

i claim that this recipe is the reason why tyler proposed to me. (this and my spaghetti...) i made these for him one time when he came to visit me when i lived in montgomery, and the entire pan was GONE before the weekend was over. i even caught him in the kitchen eating brownies in the morning. it was too funny. so these have become a valentines tradition for him. instead of giving him a box of chocolates, i'll make him a pan of these brownies. to be honest, i don't really like them. they have too much of a peanut butter taste for me, but tyler LOVES it, so i'm blogging it...

INGREDIENTS:

2¼ cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
¾ cup butter, softened
2¼ cups brown sugar
3 large eggs
1½ tsp vanilla extract
 6 regular-sized butterfinger candy bars, crushed (separated into 3 and 3)

DIRECTIONS:

1. preheat oven to 350F. grease and flour a 13x9 inch baking pan.

2. in a small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt. set aside.

3. in a medium bowl, with electric mixer at medium speed, combine butter and brown sugar.

4. beat in eggs and vanilla until smooth.

5. stir in flour mixture and 3 crushed butterfingers.

6. spread in prepared pan.

7. sprinkle remaining crushed butterfingers over top of batter.

8. bake 30-35 minutes, or until the bars are a bit firm to the touch.

9. cool completely before cutting into bars.

this recipe makes 12 brownies. or, for my hubs, 1 giant brownie.

i used my brownie pan for this, but i recommend just using the regular 9x13 pan. the result is much better that way. and also make sure that you let them cool completely before cutting into bars. i didn't (because the hubs was being so impatient!) and it kind of made a goopy mess. but he said it still tasted delicious, so we'll let it slide. :)

try it out on your peanut butter fans!

fin.