Blondies

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Hubby and I decided to send baked goods to our moms on Mother’s Day this year. Of course I was happy to help. I wanted to make something that would travel well and (of course) something I’ve never made. Since we were preparing for our kitchen renovation at the time, I also wanted to use up some of the random half bags of cookie mix ins.

Blondies fit my requirements perfectly. This blondie recipe is pretty well known. I made one batch with just dark chocolate M&Ms and another batch with some white chocolate chips, toffee bits, and chopped walnuts. Both batches turned out great and the one with the white chips turned out better than I expected. That combination of mix-ins tasted like butterscotch.

Blondies – from Blonde Ambition in the Kitchen

6-7 TBS butter, melted
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup flour
1/4 tsp baking powder (optional, creates lighter blondie texture)

“Add in” (see below)

Preheat oven to 350.
Line an 8×8 pan with foil and lightly spray with PAM.
In a large microwave safe mixing bowl melt the butter. Allow to cool for 5 mintues. Mix the brown sugar with the melted butter and beat until smooth. Beat in egg and then vanilla. Add salt, stir in flour and baking powder (if using). Mix in any additions (some ideas below).

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. (I baked for 22 minutes)Cool on rack before cutting.

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 candies1/2 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

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9 comments »

12 Responses to “Mint Chip Ice Cream”

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Ashley Bee (Quarter Life Crisis Cuisine) — July 24, 2013 at 12:12 pm
Ohh I love that it’s an all-natural mint flavor. So much better than the fake stuff.
- beantownbaker — July 24th, 2013 @ 12:53 pm
  
  I agree. Hubby likes to give me a hard time by calling me a food snob for trying to avoid fake stuff in everything we eat. I figure, it’s worth the effort. And the name calling 😉
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Jennifer @ Peanut Butter and Peppers — July 25, 2013 at 5:54 am

Ohhh, I love mint chocolate chip! Love that you used coconut milk in it!
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Nutmeg nanny — July 27, 2013 at 8:19 pm
Yummy 🙂 my mother would love this, mint chip has always been her favorite! Can’t wait to try this recipe!
- beantownbaker — July 30th, 2013 @ 5:48 pm
  
  I can’t believe you’re commenting on blogs while at a blogging conference. Overachiever 😛
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madscar — July 29, 2013 at 3:28 am

Love it! This is amazing 🙂
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Shannon — July 31, 2013 at 12:01 pm
for some reason your blog stopped updating in feedly 🙁 corrected and now to catch up on all the deliciousness! i just made a fresh mint ice cream as well, but i like how you used coconut milk. will be doing that next time 🙂
- beantownbaker — August 1st, 2013 @ 3:17 pm
  
  I know – I realized that too. But it’s working again now. Not sure if it was a Feedly issue or something on my end…
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Allison — July 31, 2013 at 8:14 pm
Really good! I may have steeped the mint too long.. A little earthy. Will try again!
- beantownbaker — August 1st, 2013 @ 3:18 pm
  
  Oh bummer! I’ve never had ice cream that I’d call “earthy”…
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TF620 — August 9, 2013 at 6:00 pm
Would you consider doing a mint chocolate chip ice cream with goat’s milk? Or do you think the “goaty” would show through too much?
- beantownbaker — August 10th, 2013 @ 9:36 am
  
  Interesting idea. I think it would be good. This ice cream was very minty, so I think it would mask the goatiness of the milk.