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Disappearing Marshmallow Brownies: Blonde Brownies Recipe Variation

Disappearing Marshmallow Brownies are not brownies at all.

Rather they are blondies – a brownies recipe variation flavored with brown sugar rather than cocoa. And this one is also flavored with butterscotch chips.

And another misnomer: marshmallows in the cookie dough don’t actually “disappear.” They melt!  

Sugar bonds in the marshmallows begin to break down when temperatures are at 103°F or higher. So once you put the blondies into a heated oven, the marshmallows’ spongey texture begins to to turn to “liquid” and seep into the cookie dough.

Prep time: 10 minutes (plus cooling time)

Bake time: 20-25 minutes

Makes 3 - 3 1/2 dozen bars

Ingredients

1 cup (6-ounce bag) butterscotch-flavored chips 

½ cup (1 stick) butter or margarine

2/3 cup brown sugar, packed

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 ½ cups self-rising flour

2 cups miniature marshmallows

1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans

2 cups (1 12-ounce bag) semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions for Disappearing Marshmallow Brownies

1. Set the butter and butterscotch chips in a heavy, large saucepan. Cook at low to medium temperature, stirring constantly, until ingredients are melted and blended together. Allow mixture it to cool to room temperature.
2. Preheat oven to 350º F. Line a 13 x 9 baking pan with parchment paper or aluminum foil, allowing ends to extend over two sides of the pan. Coat the liner lightly with vegetable spray. 
3. Add brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, and flour to pan. Use a large spoon to mix them together until the dough is well blended.
4. Reserve a couple of tablespoons each nuts and chocolate chips.
5. Fold in marshmallows, remaining nuts, and remaining chips into cookie dough. The dough will be thick.
6. Spread mixture evenly onto bottom of the prepared baking pan. Sprinkle the surface with reserved nuts and chocolate chips.
7. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Do not over bake. Remove the pan from the oven. Cover the cookies with a piece of aluminum foil, stretched across the pan and crimped around edges tightly, which will help the bars to stay moist. Use a sharp knife to poke 8-12 tiny holes in the surface of the foil for venting. Allow the pan to cool completely on a wire rack. 
8. Remove the foil cover. Grasp ends of pan liner and lift the bars from the pan. Peel away the foil or parchment paper. Use a sharp knife to cut the blondies in seven rows of five (or in any other size you wish.)
9. Store bars loosely covered at room temperature.

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