The few days before holidays in college are always filled with hopes and excitement that just maybe somebody remembered your existence and decided to send you a care package.
If you’re one of the lucky few whose mom attends a seasonal “care package party” with her fellow college-kid-missing-mom-friends, count your blessings. If your mom decided it was finally time to mail you to a box full of sugary goodness, count your blessings.
If not, you’re gonna need to make yourself some of these gooey bars of greatness. I promise they’ll fix any issue: bad grade, tough final, break up, jealousy for a lack of care packages….anything.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
Servings: 16
Ingredients:
1 cup all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1/3 cup butter, melted
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 ½ cups mix-ins (chopped candy, chocolate chips, nuts, etc)
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Line 8×8 pan with parchment paper or aluminum foil.
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3. In a medium bowl, gently mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
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4. In a large bowl, whisk brown sugar, melted butter, and vanilla.
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5. Add egg to sugar mixture and mix well.
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6. Gently stir dry ingredients into wet ingredients until just combined.
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7. Fold in mix-ins. (I used a bag of these.)
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8. Spread batter into prepared pan.
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9. Bake for 25 minutes or until lightly browned on top.
10. Remove from oven, let cool until you can’t take it anymore, and cut into bars.
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Recipe adapted from Sally’s Baking Addiction.
These are literally the solution to any problem, so get baking. Bring ’em to a group meeting and bribe your way to the top. Bring ’em to a teacher and bribe your way to an A. Bring ’em to a boy (or a girl, if you boys are baking) and bribe your way to a date. Bring ’em to your room and…eat your stress away.
You won’t regret it. Ever.
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