Recipe – Holiday Brownies

These Holiday Brownies are my favorite to make when the new bags of seasonal-colored M&M’s come out.

*Note – Was anyone else especially psyched to see that this year there are now FALL-colored M&M’s?!?  Usually they just make Halloween ones and then Christmas ones.  But now we can celebrate with M&M’s through Thanksgiving!  Wootwoot!*

The nurses at my OB/GYN remembered these brownies from when I had brought some to my appointment while pregnant with the Happy Buddy over two and a half years ago – and they asked me to make them again.

That’s how good they are.

Ingredients –

• 2 cups quick-cooking oats
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 cup butter, melted
• 1 1/2 cups M&M’s
• 1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk

Directions –

1. Combine first 6 ingredients, stirring well.
2. Add butter and stir until crumbly.
3. Reserve 1 1/2 cups crumb mixture; press remaining crumb mixture into a lightly greased 9×13 pan.
4. Bake at 375 for 10 minutes.  Cool on wire rack.
5. Reduce oven temperature to 350.
6. Place 1 cup M&M’s in bowl and microwave for 30 seconds.  Stir.
7. Microwave for 30 more seconds.  Mash M&M’s with back of spoon.
8. Stir in condensed milk and spread over crust.
9. Combine remaining crumb mixture and M&M’s.  Sprinkle evenly over chocolate mixture and press lightly.
10. Bake at 350 for 25-28 minutes.  Cool on a wire rack.
11. Eat so many that your tummy hurts!Pocket this recipe for Christmastime, as these brownies look really cute with red and green M&M’s, too!

Happy Holiday Brownie-ing! 🙂