Apple Blondies/Cake

I wanted to make something different than banana muffins for this week and saw this recipe from http://www.recipegirl.com/. They came out pretty well but I would make more "topping" mixture and maybe add some white chocolate chips or caramel chips to the mixture instead of the cream cheese.


Apple Harvest Blondies

www.RecipeGirl.com



2/3 cup unsalted butter

2¼ cups packed brown sugar (divided)

3 large eggs

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp pure vanilla extract

2 medium apples, peeled and chopped

3 ounces cream cheese, frozen for 1 hour

2 ounces finely chopped pecans or walnuts

1 tsp ground cinnamon



1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease 13×9-inch baking dish.
2. Melt butter in large microwave-safe bowl (just until melted). Remove from microwave and stir in 2 cups of brown sugar. Mix well, then add eggs, flour, baking powder and vanilla. Mix just until combined. Fold in apples.

3. Spread batter into prepared dish. Chop cream cheese into small bits and mix with nuts, cinnamon and remaining ¼ cup of brown sugar. Sprinkle evenly over batter.

4. Sprinkle over batter and bake 35 to 40 minutes.



Yield: About 24 blondies
Recipe Source: CLBB “heavy hedonist”