White Chocolate Crunch Blondies

Nonstick cooking spray
16 individually wrapped (6 oz total)
"Cookies'n'Cream"candy bars
1 3/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 1/4 t baking powder
1/8 t salt
1/2 t ground cinnamon
1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
1/2 granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 t pure vanilla extract
>how to make<
*Lightly spray a 7" x 11" baking pan with cooking spray and set aside.
*Heat oven to 350 degrees.
*Chop the candy into small chunks; set aside.
*Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.
*In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream together the softened butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar until fluffy.
*Beat in the eggs and vanilla until smooth and blended, about 2 minutes.
*Slowly add the dry ingredients, beating about 2 minutes to blend.
*Stir in the chopped chocolate by hand.(The dough will be very stiff.)
*Transfer to prepared pan and spread with a spatula.
*Bake on center oven rack 30 minutes, or until the cookies test done in the center.
*Cool completely before cutting.
Makes 24.
Memo: You could substitute 8 mini Butterfingers bars for the candy bars.
This recipe was taken from "
Gourmet Magazine".
Labels: blondies, Butterfingers, candy bars, Cookies'n'Cream, white chocolate