Double-Decker Confetti Brownies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3/4 cup butter or 3/4 cup margarine, softened
1 cup sugar
1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour, divided
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine, melted
1 cup M&M's semi-sweet chocolate baking bits, divided

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees (176 celsius).
Lightly grease a 13x9x2-inch baking pan; set aside.
Cream together 3/4 cup butter and both sugars in a large bowl until light and fluffy.
Beat in eggs and vanilla.
In a seperate medium size bowl, combine 2 1/4 cups flour, baking powder and salt; blend into creamed mixture.
Divide batter in half.
Blend together cocoa powder and melted butter; stir into one half of the dough.
Spread cocoa dough evenly into the prepared pan.
Stir remaining 1/4 flour and 1/2 cup M&M's baking bits into remaining dough; spread evenly over the cocoa dough in the pan.
Sprinkle with remaining M&M's baking bits.
Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until edges start to pull away from sides of the pan.
Cool completely.
Cut into bars.
Store in tightly covered container.