I had a craving for blondies for ages. I finally decided to make good on that craving and make some.
And I’m so glad I did.
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White Chocolate Blondies with Chocolate Peanut Butter Frosting (adapted from Simply Recipes)
For the White Chocolate Blondies
1/2 c butter, melted
1 c packed dark brown sugar
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp baking soda
Pinch of salt (optional)
1 c all-purpose flour
1 c white chocolate chips
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°F. Whisk together the melted butter and sugar in a bowl.
Add the egg and vanilla extract and whisk.
Add the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and optional salt, mix it all together.
Add the white chocolate chips.
Pour into a cooking sprayed 8 x 8 pan and spread evenly. Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Don’t overbake.
Allow to cool and then frost them.
For the Chocolate Peanut Butter Frosting
1 c chocolate chips
1/4 c butter/margarine
1/4 c peanut butter
2 tbsp milk/cream (add more/less depending on desired consistency of frosting)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 c powdered sugar
Directions:
Melt chocolate chips in microwave. Then, add and stir in next four ingredients. It can help to reheat the mixture for 15 seconds or so in microwave if mixture gets too solid and stirring is tricky. After all ingredients have been incorporated, stir in the powdered sugar. Continue stirring or whisk together until smooth.
Pour this over the cooled Blondies and frost. Wait for them to set up (freezer expedites this).
Cut into squares and serve.
Yields: 12 to 18 blondies, depending on size.
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A Visual Guide
Gather your ingredients
Melt the butter and add brown sugar and stir. Beat an egg. Then combine it all.
Add flour, baking powder & soda, and stir. Add the white chocolate chips.
I stirred 3/4 c into the batter and then reserved the final 1/4 c to be sprinkled on top of the batter.
Bake
Naked Blonds are fun but these needed to be dressed up, I thought…
…with chocolate peanut butter frosting!
Follow the directions I listed above. Melt chocolate chips first, then add everything except the powdered sugar, stir, then add the powdered sugar
These are so good.
They satisfy on so many levels:
Not a cookie, not a cake. They’re bars. I love bars. Maybe that’s my Midwestern roots talking where bringing a pan of bars to church basement Bingo games was part of my childhood.
Both white and dark chocolate are used.
Peanut Butter is used. As is plenty of butter. Never a bad thing.
Sugar is involved. Combining butter, sugar, and two types of chocolate really just means success in the end.
Move over No Bake Nutter Butter Special K Bars with Chocolate Frosting
There’s a new sheriff in town bar in town and she’s called Blondie.
From my last post about Spring Fever and Summer Excitement, thanks for filling me in on what summer plans you have in store and what you’re excited to do this summer.
And thanks for the compliments on my hair. You know how to make a girl’s Saturday night reading those. Thank you.
Questions:
1. Do you like Blondies?
I love them but….
2. Have you ever made Blondies?
…I had never made them until this recipe, a nd I will definitely be making more blondies.
There are so many versions and add-ins and combos, that I get excited just thinking about all the things I can put in the next batch.
3. Best thing you’ve eaten or done so far this weekend?
It’s been in the high 70s and sunny. No complaints from me! That’s one of my best things.
Another best thing was a blondie.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Swooooooooooon! Gawd, those look SO GOOD! Excellent turn out for your first try. I want them… ALL! :twisted:
Wow those look so good!
You know, I’ve never even eaten a blondie in my life? These look like something I need to try!
These look quite amazing. Hmmm, maybe I’ll make something similar for my upcoming Yoga retreat. I’m sure my students would love this after I put ’em through their paces. :-)
blondies are awesome! i think i’d pick them over brownies. and with choc/pb icing? perfect!
you’re so right: squares are soooo reminiscent of church socials, potlucks, bridal showers…and the 70’s!
i commented on your red speckled mix bowl yesterday…changed my mind and pretty-please would love this green one, shown today! :)
we’re back to rain (groan) after ONE day of sun! so enjoy your beautiful weather!
church socials, potlucks, bridal showers…and the 70′s! = yep!!!!
the green and red ones are a set. there’s blue and purple too :)
can this be made vegan at all? They look fantastic but i’m on my way to veganism!
yes, use flax eggs or chia seed “eggs” in place of the real eggs and margarine or earth balance for the butter.
I’ve actually never had blondies, but I’m perfectly content with brownies! However, since seeing how good your blondies look, I might just have to try one.
Your food photography is so pretty, Averie! I do have a question though. Is there a post you can point me to of when you started to be free of food rules? Of veganism? I’m curious to read your thoughts and for some reason cannot find it in your archive.
Happy Sunday! :)
go to https://www.loveveggiesandyoga.com/popular
go under lifestyle/deeper thoughts
and the first 5 posts may be of interest to you. They touch on my path, thoughts, etc
I was never a person to follow food rules. Ever. I have always eaten what i wanted to, without rules. For the time i was a strict vegan, i wanted to be. So they werent rules to me, if that makes sense. Read those posts though.
Thank you for replying back!
When I had my cookie business, one of my most popular cookies was a fudge filled oatmeal blondie bar.. they were soo good!
omg that sounds amazing! I want to make something like that!
Just curious, are you not feeling sick from eating gluten and dairy anymore? Or do you just make these for other family members/friends. It’s very rare people who are that sensitive to gluten can eat it again, so maybe reveal some of your tricks!
Gluten…I can have bites of things with gluten in them but I definitely notice when I’ve had more than a bite or two I will have symptoms. Symptoms that range from tummy ache to lots more…
Dairy. Have never had a problem with butter. I’ve heard that it’s b/c of the fat in it. But cooking with butter doesnt bother me. Then again, the amount of butter per bite one is really ingesting when you do the calculations is small in a recipe like this. I dont sit down with a baked potato and slather on tons and tons of butter.
I have healed my gut soooooo much! Probiotics, fermented foods, time, and 5 yrs of being uber strict with gluten and dairy I think helped heal me.
I guess I just really scratch my head as to why you’d eat any gluten if it made you sick.
to each her own and again, I dont get sick from small amounts.
People do things that are “bad” for them or that make them “sick” on some level all the time from not exercising to staying in crappy relationships to not wearing their seatbelt to drinking too much to eating 3 bites of gluten containing desserts :)
Wow, these look so delicious!
Those look fantastic!! I absolutely adore blondies and white chocolate + chocolate + PB ! I’ve been craving blondies for ages but haven’t been able to satisfy my craving for baking them because I don’t have access to an oven at the moment. (I’m in college and live in a dorm.) I’ll be home in a few weeks, and I can’t wait to bake again! I’ll definitely be keeping these specific blondies in mind when I decide what to bake. :)
These look insanely delicious!!!
These look wonderful, love the pictures! Awesome job on the recipe!
1. Sure, it’s been ages since I’ve had one.
2. Nope, need to try a raw version.
3. Tie between raw chocolate cake and vegan sushi.
thanks…i didnt even love the photography but FGawker just took one of the images, so i guess they were decent. lol.
I love Blondies! Not sure what flours to use to make this gluten-free, but it looks DELICIOUS!
I made something similar awhile back and Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free All Purpose Baking Flour worked perfectly fine for me.
I agree, just use regular GF baking blend type flour and you’re all set. I am pretty sure oat flour would even work. Or a Bob’s variety.