Double-Decker Confetti Brownies

*Recipe from ‘Easy to Bake, Easy to Make�?

Ingredients:                            *Makes 24 brownies*

• ¾ cup (1 ½ sticks) butter or margarine, softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour, divided
• 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 tablespoon butter or margarine, melted
• 1 cup “M&M’s”�?Semi-Sweet Chocolate Mini Baking Bits, divided

Instructions:

1.     Preheat oven to 350°F.  Lightly grease 13X9X2-inch baking pan; set aside

2.     In large bowl, cream ¾ cup butter and sugars until light and fluffy; beat in eggs and vanilla.

3.     In medium bowl, combine 2¼ cups flour, baking powder and salt, and then blend into creamed mixture.  Divide batter in half. 

4.     Blend together the cocoa powder and melted butter; stir into one half of the dough.

5.     Spread cocoa dough evenly into prepared baking pan.

6.     Stir remaining ¼ cup flour and ½ cup “M&M’s”�?Semi-Sweet Chocolate Mini Baking Bits into remaining dough; spread evenly over cocoa dough in pan.

7.     Sprinkle with remaining ½ cup of “M&M’s”�?Semi-Sweet Chocolate Mini Baking Bits.

8.     Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until edges start to pull away from sides of pans. 

9.     Cool completely.  Cut into bars and store in tightly covered container.