Thursday, August 06, 2009

Blondies

These tasty treats are great on the fly. They are so easy to make, and you can add whatever candy or nuts or even flavoring you want!

Source: My Cooking Adventures blog

Ingredients:

8 TBS butter, melted
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup flour
1/2 cup Mini M&Ms*

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350. Line an 8x8 pan with foil and lightly spray with PAM. In a large microwave safe mixing bowl melt the butter. Allow to cool for 5 minutes. Mix the brown sugar with the melted butter and beat until smooth. Beat in egg and then vanilla. Add salt, stir in flour. Mix in M&Ms.


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. Cool on rack before cutting.

*You can use other candies or nuts, or almost anything in your Blondies. See the following for ideas...

Add in ideas:
1/2 to 1 cup chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, white chocolate or butterscotch chips
1/2 cup chopped pecans, walnuts, almonds
1/2 cup M&M candies
1/2 chopped Reese's PB cups
1/4 cup toffee pieces
1/2 tsp mint extract in addition to, or in the place of vanilla extract

2 comments:

BrittBelle said...

Ugh! You are a genius! ;-)

Chelsea Talks Smack said...

oooo ooo i want to make!