oh.
my.
god.
These are amazing. They take minutes to make… a little while to bake… and forever to cool. All that said, you cant rush perfection. Spend the time to make them…. your thighs might hate you, but your mouth will love you forever.
BakingBlonde’s Basic Blondies
INGREDIENTS
6-7 TBS butter, melted
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup flour
1/4 tsp baking powder (optional, creates lighter blondie texture)
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350.
Line an 8×8 pan with foil and lightly spray with PAM.
In a large microwave safe mixing bowl melt the butter. Allow to cool for 5 mintues.
Mix the brown sugar with the melted butter and beat until smooth.
Beat in egg and then vanilla.
Add salt, stir in flour and baking powder (if using).
Mix in any additions (some ideas below).
Pour into prepared pan and use a greased spatula to evenly spread mixture in pan and level the top.
Bake for 20-25 minutes or until set in the middle. (My oven’s funny- they baked for 30-35 minutes)
Cool on rack before cutting. (This is the hardest part. They take FOREVER to cool, and smell AMAZING.)
Add in ideas:
I did:
1/2 to 1 cup chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, white chocolate or butterscotch chips (I did white chocolate)
1/4 cup toffee pieces (I used 1/2 cup Heath bar pieces.)
other ideas :
1/2 tsp mint extract in addition to, or in the place of vanilla extract
1/2 cup chopped pecans, walnuts, almonds
1/2 cup M&M candies
1/2 chopped Reese’s PB cups
Enjoy!
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July 10th, 2008 at 06:18
Those look so good! I speed up the cooling process by cooling room temp for 15 minutes and then popping on a hotpad in the fridge until set enough to cut and chow down! ha ha.
July 10th, 2008 at 08:04
I’ll need to try these out very soon! Looks great!