I recently discovered blondies. They’re all over the baking aisles at the market during the holiday season and for the longest time; I didn’t know what they were. I finally looked it up and found out it was a lighter version of brownies. And since I had some dark peanut butter cups lying around, which I’m not too fond of (I’m a milk chocolate fan), I thought —why not bake some and throw those in there?
Ingredients:
- 1 1/4 cups of all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup of brown sugar
- 1/2 cup of granulated sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon of salt
- 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1/4 cup of unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- 1 teaspoon of homemade vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons of milk
- 1/4 cup of semisweet chocolate chips
- 16 miniature dark peanut butter cups, unwrapped and halved
Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9-inch square baking pan.
Using a stand mixer add flour, brown sugar, granulated sugar, salt and baking powder. Stir to combine.
In a medium bowl whisk together eggs, butter, vanilla extract and milk.
Pour the wet ingredient into the dry ingredients. Mix until combined, then stir in chocolate chips.
Scrape the batter into the greased pan. Using your spatula, distribute your batter evenly around the pan. Arrange the peanut butter cups over the batter. Bake for 19-21 minutes or until toothpick/tester inserted into the center comes out clean. Let the blondies cool in the pan on the cooling rack.
Adapted from MyRecipes
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Heyy Anne…lovely THE hard light:) very impressed of THE presentation and of course THE Way you make it!!wel done !!! 🙂
Why thank you kind sir! 🙂
🙂
I’ve heard of blondies through using WP. Have never tasted them, though. Good idea with the dark chocolate. I’m with you in preferring milk. Having written that I hardly ever eat chocolate!
I’m a sucker for chocolate –milk chocolate. I never really got into the whole dark chocolate thing. I only use it for baking. I recently got hooked on peanut butter cups –not sure why. I’m not even a peanut butter fan. Anyway –if you have tasted brownies, it’s like that but without the cocoa.
Those look beautiful! I want them in my belly asap!
Why thank you! They went quick! 🙂
Your food photography and styling is awesome!!
/Camilla
Thank you so much Camilla! 🙂
I’ve don’t think I’ve ever made blondies before but yours look scrumptious! Good idea with the peanut butter cups!
Thanks Jan! This is my first time baking blondies. It’s delicious and they went quick!
Oh Anne, these look so good with chocolate chips and peanut butter cups – WOW! I have never prepared blondies. Yours are inspiring me. Scrumptious pictures!!!
Thank you so much Judy! They were easy to make, tasty and it vanished quickly! 🙂
Those look and sound so yummy!
Thanks so much Nancy! 🙂
I’ve been at your blog several times and I have to tell you, I’m enamoured by a;; your recipes. Almost everything here, I want to eat. I however can’t get peanut butter cups here so I’ll have to improvise. I’m guessing dollops of Nutella and peanut butter would make a good substitute 😉
Thank you so much Jayne, that’s so nice of you to say! 🙂 Nutella and peanut butter would be a wonderful substitute! Would love to hear how it turns out. 🙂
looks so good..i don’t know if i could make it past not eating all the dark choc cups before baking with them…they are so good…great post…sarah
Thanks Sarah! If I was baking with the milk chocolate, I probably wouldn’t have any left to bake with. The dark ones are OK but really excellent in this.
These look sooo yummy!
Thank you! 🙂
YES. I am strongly in favor of peanut butter cups inside baked goods. 🙂
I am too! Especially dark chocolate ones in baked goods –they’re AWESOME! 🙂
Man, looking at these pictures make me crave for more of these blondies. You care to give any hints as to what flavors you might use for your next batch? 😉
I might do brownies with peanut butter chips or oreo blondies. 😉
Very much a milk chocolate kind of a girl myself but it’s some how in baking dark chocolate is okay 🙂
Yes, the dark chocolate peanut butter cup tasted wonderful in this blondie –I think better than the milk chocolate. 🙂
I have always been partial to blondies. Brownies are too chocolatey for me. I love this variation!
Thank you! The dark peanut butter cups really tasted wonderful in this blondie. 🙂
This looks delicious……. 🙂
Thank you!