White Chocolate Apple-Pecan Blondies
 
 
My grandsons ask for Blondies all the time. My TRICK was adding a little extra to their favorite TREAT!
Serves: 24 servings
Ingredients
  • 1 (11. 5 ounce) bag white chocolate chips, divided
  • 5 tablespoons butter, cut into pieces
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup flour
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup pecans, toasted and coarsely chopped
  • 1 cup apples, peeled and chopped
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Butter and flour a 13x9" baking pan.
  3. In a double boiler or metal bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water, melt 1 cup of the white chocolate chips and butter, stirring until smooth and carefully remove top of double boiler or bowl from heat.
  4. Cool chocolate mixture to room temperature.
  5. In a large bowl with an electric mixer, beat eggs, sugar, and vanilla until thickened and pale and beat in white chocolate mixture.
  6. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt into chocolate mixture and stir just until batter is combined well. Stir in nuts, apples and remaining white chocolate chips and spread mixture evenly in pan.
  7. Bake blondies in middle of the oven 30 to 35 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean.
  8. Cool blondies completely in pan on a rack before cutting.
Notes
I melted a little white chocolate in the microwave on high power, checking every 15 seconds. Watch carefully, it will scorch easily. I added a little orange food color and maple extract to "glue" pumpkins and candy corn to bars, decorating them for Halloween. However, they are spooktacular on their own, embellish only if you dare!
Recipe by Cheery Kitchen at https://cheerykitchen.com/white-chocolate-apple-pecan-blondies-2/