Chocolate Peanut Butter Blondies

Preheat oven to 350-degrees. Line a 9x13-inch baking dish with parchment paper and spray the bottom and sides with baking spray. Set aside.

In the bowl of a stand mixer (or using a hand mixer), affixed with the paddle attachment, add the butter and brown sugar. Mix on medium-high speed until well incorporated. Add the eggs one at a time to the mixer, mixing the first egg in fully before adding the second egg. Add the chocolate peanut butter, salt and vanilla extract to the mixer and mix until combined with the butter and sugar.

Change the mixer to low speed and slowly add the flour to the wet ingredients, mixing only until barely incorporated. Remove the bowl from the mixer and use a rubber scraper to ensure all the ingredients are fully incorporated. Fold the M&M's into the dough.

Pour dough out into prepared baking pan, ensuring the dough is evenly dispersed in the pan.

Bake the blondies in 350-degree oven for 30-minutes. The blondies may not look done, but they are. They will continue to bake and set after you remove them from the oven. Do not over bake.

Option to immediately add additional M&M's on top of the blondies once you remove them from the oven. Gently push the M&M's into the blondies.

Let the blondies set in the pan until semi-cool, and then transfer the blondies onto a wire rack to finish cooling. Once completely cooled and set, cut into desired size squares.