Cherry-Almond Blondies
Ingredients
1 cup
flour
1 tsp.
kosher salt
1 tsp.
baking powder
1 cup
dark brown sugar
½ cup (1 stick)
Kowalski's Unsalted Butter, melted and cooled
1 tsp.
Kowalski's Organic Madagascar Vanilla Extract
¼ tsp.
almond extract
2
eggs, divided
½ cup
dried cherries, roughly chopped
½ cup
dark chocolate chips
½ cup
sliced almonds, toasted
- confectioners' sugar, for finishing
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- In a small mixing bowl, whisk together flour, salt and baking powder; set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine brown sugar and butter; stir until smooth.
- Stir vanilla and almond extracts into brown sugar mixture.
- Add 1 egg to brown sugar mixture; whisk until well blended. Repeat with remaining egg.
- Fold flour mixture into wet ingredients just until white bits are no longer visible.
- Fold in cherries, chocolate and nuts.
- Lightly spray an 8" square nonstick baking pan with cooking spray; line bottom only with parchment paper.
- Spread batter evenly into bottom of pan; bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with just a few moist crumbs attached (about 25 min.).
- Remove from oven; cool completely in pan.
- Dust with confectioners' sugar; cut into 16 bars.
- Store at room temperature in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
