Father's Day Chocolate Chip Blondies aka Scotch Bars

The other day I posted a recipe for Father's Day Chocolate Cake. The Baker's Retro Ad had a second treat: Scotch Bars! They're really Chocolate Chip Blondies! Mix up a batch for Dad this weekend!

"Completely different! a new kind of Cookie that's like a Blonde Brownie! Crunch and delicious -- chock-full of chopped nuts and sprinkled with delicious ... Chocolate Chips."

Chocolate Chip Blondies aka Scotch Bars

Ingredients
1/3 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup Chocolate Chips
1/2 cup chopped pecans

Directions
Heat oven to 350°F.
Line 9-inch square pan with foil, with ends of foil extending over sides. Spray with cooking spray. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with mixer until light and fluffy. Blend in eggs and vanilla. Add flour, baking powder and salt; mix well. Stir in chocolate and nuts. Spread onto bottom of prepared pan.
Bake 20 to 25 min. or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. (Do not overbake.) Cool. Use foil handles to lift dessert from pan before cutting into 32 bars to serve.