Blondies

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups cake flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 lb unsalted butter
• 3 cups packed light brown sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 3 cups dried fruit or 3 cups coarsely chopped nuts or 3 cups chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 adjust oven rack to lowest position then heat to 325 degrees.
• 2 spray a 9x13 inch baking pan with vegetable cooking spray.
• 3 fit a 12x18 inch piece of heavy duty foil into the pan so you can use the foil overhang as a handle to pull baked blondies from the pan.
• 4 coat foil with cooking spray.
• 5 whisk flour, baking powder and salt in a small bowl.
• 6 heat butter and sugar in a large pan until bubbling hot.
• 7 whisk eggs and vanilla in a large bowl.
• 8 slowly whisk hot sugar mixture, then dry ingredients, into eggs.
• 9 stir in optional add-ins (if using chocolate, let batter cool slightly first).
• 10 scrape batter into prepared pan, then bake until blondies are just set, about 45 minutes.
• 11 remove from oven and let cool for five minutes.
• 12 pull blondies from pan using foil handles and set on a wire rack.
• 13 cool completely before cutting into 24 pieces.