Chocolate Chip-Butterscotch Bars

Ingredients

• 0.5 teaspoon double-acting baking powder 
• 0.5 cup brown sugar packed
• 0.3 cup butter softened
• 3 tablespoons butterscotch chips 
• 2 large eggs 
• 1.3 cups flour all-purpose
• 0.5 cup granulated sugar 
• 3 tablespoons pecans chopped
• 0.3 teaspoon salt 
• 0.3 cup semi chocolate chips divided
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• oven
• blender
• baking pan
• ziploc bags
• microwave

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 35
2. Combine first 3 ingredients in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed for 2 minutes or until mixture resembles damp sand.
3. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in vanilla.
4. Stir together flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Gradually add flour mixture, beating until blended. Stir in 3 tablespoons chocolate chips and butterscotch chips.
5. Spread batter evenly into an 8-inch square baking pan coated with cooking spray.
6. Sprinkle batter with nuts; lightly press into batter with fingers.
7. Bake at 350 for 35 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a rack.
8. Cut into 16 2- to 3-inch squares.
9. Place remaining 1 tablespoon chips in a small heavy-duty zip-top plastic bag; seal. Microwave on high 1 minute or until melted. Snip a hole in 1 corner of bag; drizzle chocolate over bars.