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Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
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Line a square cake pan with parchment paper.
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Cream butter and sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in your egg and your vanilla extract. Set aside.
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In another bowl combine flour and baking soda, mix.
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Now take your dry ingredients and add them slowly to the creamy mixture. Fold in until dough becomes a bit stiff.
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Stir in your nerds. Do not over mix.
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Pour into pan and spread out until smooth. Tap your pan on the counter to release air bubbles.
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Bake for 25 to 35 minutes. It's done when you stick a toothpick in and it comes out clean. The top should be golden brown.
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Remove from oven and let stand in pan for 5 minutes. Then remove it from the pan and let cool on a wire rack.
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Optional steps:
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Add some glaze over top. I just took a bit of icing sugar and added a touch of milk, and some red food coloring.
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Toss some extra nerds over top.
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Add a second layer of glaze when first is dry. Again just take a small amount of icing sugar (1/4 to 1/2 cup) and milk (2 to 3 tablespoons) and mix. Drizzle over top and toss more nerds over it.
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Cut and serve.
