Salted Peanut Butter and Chocolate Blondies

I followed this recipe TO THE LETTER, so I was expecting soft, chewy, delicious, peanut-buttery blondies. What I got was an overdone, rock-hard, completely inedible slab of concrete. I could barely get my knife through it to cut it, and when it did finally go through, the whole thing shattered into chocolate-covered shards. The whole mess went straight into the trash.

I don't know if the temperature of my oven is off, or if the baking temperature or time of this recipe needs to be adjusted, but I will NOT make this disaster again! This is a complete waste of time, money, and ingredients.

I followed the recipe exactly. I did not leave out or substitute any ingredients. When they came out of the oven, they tasted just "okay." They were a little bit dense, but definitely still edible. I thought the sea salt gave it a nice flavor. I sliced them as instructed and then covered them with plastic wrap and went to bed. The next morning, I went to re-package them into a travel container to take to an event. They were hard as rocks. You could not cut them with a knife, let alone bit into one of them. I had to throw away the entire batch. Its such a shame. I know that not every recipe will be perfect, but I was disappointed that not only did I waste money on ingredients, but also because I did not have a homemade dessert to bring to the event.