Sensational Peppermint Pattie Brownies

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• 24 small york peppermint patties (1 1/2 inch)
• 1 1/2 cups butter or 1 1/2 cups margarine, melted
• 3 cups sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 5 eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup hershey cocoa
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 remove wrappers from peppermint patties.
• 3 grease 13x9x2 inch baking pan.
• 4 in large bowl with spoon or whisk, stir together butter, sugar and vanilla.
• 5 add eggs; stir until well blended.
• 6 stir together flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt; gradually add to butter mixture, blending well.
• 7 reserve 2 cups batter.
• 8 spread remaining batter into prepared pan.
• 9 arrange peppermint patties about 1/2 inch apart in single layer over batter.
• 10 spread reserved batter over patties.
• 11 bake 50 to 55 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from sides of pan.
• 12 cool completely in pan on wire rack.
• 13 cut into squares.