Jensen Ackles Bars

AKA "Brown butter brown sugar espresso snickerdoodle butterscotch sauce bars"

 Invented by Valerie of Une Gamine Dans La Cuisine, the original recipe can be found here. These 'blondies' are quite as ridiculous as their name(s). They're absolutely delicious, moist and gooey and sweet and tasty, but they're also a little bit intense (see 'dense' and 'sweet'). You're going to want to eat the whole batch, but honestly I'll be impressed if you can manage more than two.

Ingredients

1 1/4 cup butter
2 1/4 cup flour
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons salt
1 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon espresso powder
2 1/4 cup brown sugar
3 eggs, slightly beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract

Sauce ingredients

1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup cream
1/2 teaspoon sea salt

Directions

1. Melt the butter in a pot over medium heat, and cook until golden brown - it will get foamy while cooking, cook until clear again - and let rest.
2. Turn oven to 350º F 
3. Mix flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and espresso powder in a small bowl.
4. In a big bowl, mix butter and sugar until smooth.
5. Add eggs and both extracts and mix
6. Gradually mix the flour mixture into the butter mixture.
7. Put in a large greased pan and bake 30-40 minutes.

Sauce directions

Melt the butter over low heat. Add the sugar, cream and salt and cook on a slow, easy boil for 5-10 minutes. Tip: when it just starts to thicken, cook another 2 minutes.