Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Chewy Chunky Blondies


This week's Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is one of my favorites: Chewy, Chunky Blondies. To a butter-and-brown sugar bar cookie batter you add chocolate chips, toffee bits, coconut and walnuts. Really, really yummy.

I intended to make a batch to freeze for daughter Lydia's upcoming wedding rehearsal picnic. I made the batter, put it in the oven, but was completely distracted and pulled it out without really testing for doneness. When I cut in to it to sample, it was clearly underdone. Not inedible, of course, but not up to my high standards for wedding guests. So I set it aside on my counter and made another batch the next day, baked it an extra ten minutes and it is perfect. I wrapped these bars up in foil and froze them in happy anticipation of the wedding rehearsal dinner.

And what happened to the not-quite-perfect blondies? Uhmmm, as you can see, a nibble here, a nibble there and this is all that remains!

11 comments:

  1. I would have loved those underbaked versions. :-)

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  2. Nibble here...nibble there.

    That is what happens here too.

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  3. They are winners, undercooked or overcooked!

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  4. Nibbles here are there make them disappear! :) Glad the second batch turned out so well.

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  5. These blondies didn't last very long here either! My favourite recipe from Dorie.

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  6. I love cookie dough, and I love these blondies, so I bet the underbaked ones were fantastic.

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  7. These will be great for the wedding. I put half the dough in the freezer for later, but that didn't make it through the weekend before getting pulled out! :)

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  8. I think I ate about 3 bars in batter form. :) Sooo good, baked or unbaked.

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  9. These were exceptionally good - done or not.

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  10. Even underdone these were great! I hope the upcoming wedding party will enjoy these too! Thanks for baking with me this week!

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