Blondies

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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12 Responses to “S’mores Cupcakes”

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    Fun and Fearless in Beantown — October 7, 2010 at 1:28 pm

    I think we both know that I’m not a baker…yet I still think I need a kitchen torch! Can I help that I’m addicted to kitchen gadgets?

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    Eliana — October 7, 2010 at 2:12 pm

    I love using my kitchen torch. I think I will have whip it out soon to make these beauties. They look super delish.

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    Courtney — October 7, 2010 at 2:50 pm

    These are ADORABLE! I don’t even like S’mores, but I might try these.

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    Daisy — October 7, 2010 at 3:07 pm

    Kinda jealous of your kitchen torch. These smores goodies have me drooling all week!

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    Jen — October 7, 2010 at 3:15 pm

    These look great — love s’mores cupcakes. I love making these because the kitchen torch is fun to play with.

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    stephchows — October 7, 2010 at 3:49 pm

    ok now all I want is smores in every variety possible LOL YUM!!!!!! thanks so much for the vote!

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    Rachel Cannon Humiston — October 8, 2010 at 3:32 pm

    This looks so heavenly! I’ll be dreaming about that frosting tonight…

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    Jami — October 10, 2010 at 3:20 am

    I recently made some s’mores cupcakes using a piece of graham cracker as a crust, but I thought it tasted salty. Of course, I used a mix, which probably did have added salt. I am going to try this method. I’d also love to try the torch! woo hoo!

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    nutmegnanny — October 12, 2010 at 2:39 am

    These look delicious! I have got to try that marshmallow frosting…sounds amazing!

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    Xiaolu — October 18, 2010 at 12:53 am

    I made and blogged about these and they’re so delicious. Thanks for the inspiration. I did increase the amounts of everything but the cake batter since I had so much left over.

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    breader33 — January 23, 2011 at 9:56 pm

    These are just, amazing. i used the Hershey’s ‘special dark’ cocoa powder, and they were to die for. i will definitely be making these again.

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    The Addicted Baker — March 30, 2011 at 10:29 pm

    I just made delicious s’more cupcakes. Check it out: http://theaddictedbaker.blogspot.com/2011/03/smore-cookies.html

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