As my mom and sister were preparing for their first trip to visit me on the West Coast, I asked them what baked good they’d like me to have waiting for them. After my mom’s obligatory, “oh-we-don’t-need-anything” spiel, she finally confessed to craving “Blonde Brownies.” Sounded delicious to me! Good choice, Mom.
Of course, there is a plethora of blondies recipes out there on the web, but I thought I’d get some use out of those baking books sitting on my kitchen shelf. Out came the Good Housekeeping Cookbook. I just knew they’d have a great blondies recipe. They have a great recipe for absolutely everything. Seriously, this book is the pocket companion for both cooking and baking. They have more recipes than you can imagine (1,039 to be exact), with lots of pictures, and lots of variety! (Thanks for this awesome cookbook, Mom W/Anita! I love, love, love it! xo)
This blondies recipe was super-easy. You essentially whisk some dry ingredients together, and after that, everything comes together in a single saucepan. How easy is that? And the result? Amazing, I tell you. Of course, I had to dig into these blondies before my mom and sis arrived—just to make sure they weren’t horrible, mind you. The blondies form a delicate crust while baking, which adds the subtlest crunch when you bite into these heavenly treats. I added chocolate chips to mine, and because the batter comes together in a saucepan, the chocolate chips start to just melt into the batter before the bars get tossed into the oven for baking. The smell of these is quite divine, and they’re soft and chewy, almost gooey. Oh so good!
Blondies
Adapted from The Good Housekeeping Cookbook
1 cup AP flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
6 TBS butter
1 ¾ cups light brown sugar, packed
2 tsp vanilla
2 large eggs
1 heaping cup of chocolate chips (6-8 oz)
Method:
(1) Preheat oven to 350. Grease 13x9 baking pan.
(2) Whisk flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon together. Set aside.
(3) In saucepan, melt butter over low heat. Once melted, remove from heat. Stir in brown sugar and vanilla until thoroughly combined. Add eggs, stirring until well-blended. Stir in flour mixture until just blended.
(4) Add in chocolate chips. Don’t overstir, as you might melt all of your chocolate chips.
(5) Pour batter into prepared pan and baked for about 30 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean.
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38 comments:
I love blondies, but the addition of chocolate chips sounds through the roof! I'm going to add those to my list of weekend dessert nominees!
Those sounds so tasty with chocolate chips ! What a good idea, Elyse ! They look great !
Cheers,
Miette
Oooh, these look magnificent! Can you think of a better treat than this? You mom should be very happy you baked these for her.
I totally agree with sampling the baked good before giving it away. :) Quality control.
These look so good - I've been using Dorie Greenspan's blondie recipe lately. Have fun with your visitors!
These look divine. I also would have added the chocolate chips. Hope you have lots of fun with your mom and sister!
mmmmmmmmm. your mom is lucky :) they sound delicious!
oh, i always sample beforehand! it's for everyone else. you wouldn't want to put out a bad product ;)
Oh wow.... I LOVE blondies, particularly with chocolate chips thrown in... and your description of the slightly crusty top and the gooey-ness. Too much for me to handle. I have a feeling I'm going to be looking for a blondie at lunchtime.
You can't go wrong with Blondies! Love them!!
I just love Blondies. I bet these were fabulous with the cinnamon and chocolate chips in them. I'll have to try this version next!
These look wonderful, Elyse. I still have my Good Housekeeping Cookbook from the 80s. I love it.
How fun to have your mom and sister visit! How nice of you to have something yummy waiting for them when they arrive! These looks fabulous!
These really look too good. I love the cinnamon. Printing these out for future reference.
I haven't had blondies in much too long - this makes me want to make some!!
Ooooo, I've not tried that recipe. We are blondie fanatics at my house. Its the one thing that ALL three of my children LOVE and will ask for, repeatedly!
Thanks for the recipe. I'm gonna print it out!
Hope you have a grand time with your mom and sister!
~ingrid
How lovely of you Elyse to bake those beautiful blondies for your dear mum & sister. They really look delicious!
Rosie x
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE a good fudgy brownie..those look lethal!! LOL
My weakness is brownies, of the fudgy kind. These look so scrumptious and decadent! My Mom and sis both worship that cookbook!!
Man, I wish I had one of these right now. They sound wonderful!
Those look great! I think my mom has that cookbook, and I'm going to have to "borrow" it from her next time I visit!
I love a good blondie. Add some vanilla or butter pecan ice cream and some hot caramel...and we've got some SERIOUS dessert eats! Nice job. Have fun with your Mom and Sis.
I'd have to make 2 batches cause there wouldn't be any left for mom to eat!! Fantastic!!
What an awesome welcome dessert! The look so moist and yummy.
Delish! And you know you gotta do what your mama says!
For all the baking we do, we've never tried out blondies. MEbbe will try your recipe!
These look deliciously fudgy, Elyse!
I love the chocolate/cinammon combination - they look fantastic!
I never make blondies but I think I am going to have to start!
MMMMMMMMMMMMM....these look utterly delicious, yet again!!!
Mmmm anything chewy and gooey gets and A++ in my book!
I just blogged about something similar to this - I wish I had seen yours first and I would have tried out your recipe! They sound great! Keep the great recipes coming! :)
Wow, I never made blondies before, sounds really delicious Elyse.
Cheers,
elra
A friend and I got into a debate (of course she does not cook) that she thought blondies were butter scotch, and not chocolate at all, so is there many varieties?
I would like some of your care packages...I really never was any good at cookies...just plain ole food ingredients!
De-lish!
I made blondies last night (a different recipe) and even though I cooked them a little longer, they still came out looking a little underbaked in the middle, but looks like that is normal (never made these before!). Look forward to getting your email - off to go hiking in Muir Woods. Good luck with Con Law!
ummm, i think i might need to make these.
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These are delicious! I just took them out of the oven! I used Dark chocolate/bittersweet chips and they are sooo tasty. :)
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