Peppermint Pattie Brownies

By marmar

Ingredients

• 24 small peppermint patties
• 1 1/2 cup (3 sticks) butter or margarine, melted
• 3 cups sugar
• 1 tbsp. vanilla extract
• 5 eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup cocoa
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. salt

Preparation

Step 1

Heat oven to 350 degrees (325 degrees for glass baking dish). Remove wrappers from peppermint patties. Grease 13" x 9" baking pan.

Stir together butter, sugar and vanilla in large bowl. Add eggs; beat until well blended. Stir in flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt; blend well. Reserve 2 cups of the batter. Spread remaining batter in prepared pan. Arrange peppermint patties about 1/2" apart in single layer over batter. Spread reserved 2 cups batter over patties.

Bake 50 to 55 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from sides of pan. Cool completely in pan on wire rack; cut into squares.