The Great Blondie Recipes

Steps:

• Adjust oven rack to lowest position; heat to 325 degrees. Spray a 9-by-13-inch baking pan with vegetable cooking spray. Fit a12-by-18-inch piece of heavy-duty foil into the pan so you can use the foil overhang as a handle to pull baked blondies from the pan; coat foil with cooking spray.
• Whisk flour, baking powder and salt in a small bowl. Then, heat butter and brown sugar in a large pan until bubbling hot. Whisk eggs and vanilla in a large bowl. Slowly whisk hot sugar mixture, then dry ingredients, into eggs. Stir in optional add-ins (if using chocolate, let batter cool slightly first).
• Scrape batter into prepared pan, then bake until blondies are just set, about 45 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool for five minutes. Pull blondies from the pan using foil handles and set on a wire rack. Cool completely before cutting into 24 pieces.

Steps:

• Position a rack in the center of the oven; preheat oven to 325°.
• Grease a 13 x 9 inch baking pan or heatproof glass dish.
• Line the pan with parchment paper, leaving about 1 inch of paper overhanging the two long sides.
• In a bowl, whisk together the flour and salt to blend; set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer set on medium speed, cream the butter, sugar, and brown sugar.
• Beat in the eggs one at a time, blending thoroughly and stopping to scrape down the sides of the bowl after each addition.
• Mix in the vanilla.
• Stir in the flour mixture until well combined.
• Stir in 1/2 cup of the chocolate chips, 1/2 cup of the butterscotch chips, and 1/2 cup of the walnuts.
• Spread the batter evenly in the prepared pan with the back of a spoon or a rubber spatula.
• Sprinkle the remaining chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, and walnuts evenly over the top.
• Bake for 30 minutes, or until a pick comes out clean.
• Set the pan of a wire rack to cool for 15 minutes.
• Grasp the edges of the parchment and carefully lift the blondies out of the pan.
• Cut into bars.