Blonde Brownies

2 cups butter or margarine, softened
1 ½ cups granulated sugar
1 ½ cups packed light brown sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 eggs
4 ½ cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 package milk or semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a 17” x 12” rimmed cookie sheet. Spoon dough in about 6 large drops evenly distributed over the cookie sheet. You should use all of the dough but reserve about 2/3 cup. The dough will overrun the cookie sheet edges if you use all the dough. Moisten hands and flatten out dough evenly to the edge of the cookie sheet. Bake in preheated oven for around 30 minutes until golden brown. Cool, slice in squares and enjoy. Unfortunately, you or your children will have to eat the remaining cookie dough.

Submitted by Erin Callahan