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Very Vanilla Bars {50 Shades of Grey Desserts}

Author: Dorothy Kern

Ingredients

For the Bars:

  • ½ cup butter
  • 1 bag (10 ounces) white chocolate chips
  • 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 3 eggs
  • ½ cup chopped nuts , optional

For the Frosting

  • 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoons butter , softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste
  • 2 tablespoons nonfat milk
  • Instructions

Instructions

  • Heat oven to 350°. Line the bottom of a 9x13” baking pan with parchment paper and grease entire pan with butter and flour.
  • Melt butter and white chocolate chips in a medium saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly, just until melted. (Mixture may appear curdled.) Remove from heat and cool.
  • Stir remaining brownie ingredients together in a large bowl. Stir in chocolate mixture. Spread in pan and bake about 30 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool completely.
  • Make the glaze: Whisk all ingredients until smooth and spreadable. Spread over cooled brownies and cut into bars.