Simple Blondie Bar Recipe

We continue our recipe sharing series with an easy and customizable blondie recipe!

The blondie is the brownie's brown sugar/vanilla-based cousin. Blondies are a great alternative for dessert lovers who aren't crazy about chocolate (or people who have given up chocolate for Lent), and can be customized in a variety of creative ways!

We're giving you the basic recipe and two ideas for jazzing up this delicious treat!

Basic Blondie Recipe

Ingredients:

3/4 cup of butter/shortening, melted

2 eggs

1 1/2 cups flour

1 cup brown sugar, packed

1/2 cup sugar

2 tbsp vanilla

1 pinch salt

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix butter, eggs, vanilla,salt, and sugars.

Gradually add in flour.

Pour batter into a greased baking dish.

Bake for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.

Slice and enjoy!

Customization 1: Salted Caramel Blondies

Extra ingredients:

5 tbsp caramel sauce (you can use ice cream sundae topping or melt caramel chips)

1 tbsp course sea salt

Directions:

After pouring batter into pan, drizzle with caramel sauce.

Run a butter knife through mixture, distributing caramel and creating a marbled pattern.

Sprinkle top of mixture with sea salt.

Customization 2: Snickerdoodle Blondies

Extra ingredients:

4 oz white chocolate, melted (baking squares or white chocolate chips)

4 tbsp cinnamon sugar

Directions:

When mixing batter, add 2 tbsp of cinnamon sugar to mixture.

After pouring batter into pan, drizzle with white chocolate.

Run a butter knife through the mixture, distributing white chocolate and creating a marbled pattern

Sprinkle top with remaining cinnamon sugar.