Frugal Baking: Blondies Recipe

The other day we needed a treat to bring along to the beach, and the final choice was to make blondies with whole wheat, toffee bits and chocolate chips. I adjusted a blondies recipe from the September 2012 issue of Everyday Food to fit the ingredients we had on hand.

Blondies Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cup of whole wheat flour
• 1 1/2 cup of all purpose flour
• 4 teaspoons of baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup of unsalted butter
• 1 cup of sugar
• 1/2 cup of brown sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup of chocolate chips (I cut up 2 Baker’s chocolate squares)
• 1/2 cup of toffee bits (I used some Heath toffee bits that I found on clearance at Target

Blondies Directions:

1. Cream sugar, brown sugar and butter for about 4 minutes.
2. Add eggs one at a time
3. Add vanilla
4. In a separate bowl mix the flour, whole wheat flour, baking soda and salt
5. Mix in the flour mixture a little at a time
6. Stir in the toffee bits and chocolate chips with a dough scraper
7. Spray a 12 x 8 inch pan with baking spray
8. Add the mixture, and make sure to make it level in the pan
9. Put in a preheated oven at 350 degrees F for about 28 – 30 minutes.
10. The blondies are done, when a toothpick comes out with only a few moist crumbs
11. Cool on a wire rack before cutting

 The blondies turned out to be delicious, and the adjusted blondies recipe was a great. All of the ingredients used were either from ALDI, or they were bought on sale with coupons, which turned this recipe into a very frugal recipe. The boys loved them, and the mix of toffee and chocolate was a nice little surprise.

Have you ever made blondies?