York Brownies

I kept thinking, I'd better post a dessert because that's what I like to do best. And in thinking about which one to pick, I thought I'd stick with a really good but really easy one. These are really good brownies that have york peppermint patties in the middle and are REALLY good, and easy. Sorry, there's no picture to go with them. But you should still give 'em a try!

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) of melted butter
3 cups sugar
1 T vanilla
5 eggs
2 cups flour
1 cup cocoa
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
24 mini peppermint patties

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Grease 9 x 13 pan

Stir melted butter, sugar, vanilla together. Add eggs. Stir in flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt. Blend well. Reserve 2 cups of batter. Pour remainder in pan. Place patties evenly over batter. Cover with remaining batter and bake for 45 minutes-I usually give them a look at 40 minutes. And don't cut them until they are completely cooled, otherwise you'll get a gooey mess. Plus, they really do taste better when they've cooled down.

The trick here is not to overbake or they'll get a bit too crunchy. It's hard to describe how to know exactly, though you can kind of smell it. But, if they are underbaked that's OK, I've taken them out a little early and they were still good. Sometimes with chocolate, especially brownies, they taste a bit better a little underdone. You should be OK with 40-45 minutes.