Recipe: Chewy Butterscotch Raisin Bars

CHEWY BUTTERSCOTCH RAISIN BARS

1 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 cup butterscotch chips, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup Sun-Maid Raisins
1/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips, melted (for topping)

Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9-inch square baking pan.

Mix flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.

Beat butter and brown sugar with mixer on medium speed until pale and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time.

Add flour mixture; beat until blended and smooth. Beat in melted butterscotch chips and vanilla; stir in raisins. Spread in prepared pan.

Bake 22-25 minutes until golden brown and center is set (sides rise higher than the center). Cool in pan on rack.

Cut in bars, then drizzle with melted chocolate.

Makes 18 bars
Source: Woman's Day Magazine; 12/14/99