Cranberry Blondies

Cranberry Blondies

Makes 24

Ingredients

¾ cup Kowalski's Unsalted Butter, melted
2 eggs
4 tsp. Kowalski's Organic Madagascar Vanilla Extract
1 ½ cups flour
1 ½ cups brown sugar
1 tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. kosher salt
1 cup white chocolate chips
½ cup chopped pecans
- Cream Cheese Frosting (recipe below)
½ cup dried cranberries, chopped
1 tbsp. chopped orange zest
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Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°.
  2. Line a 9x13" baking pan with parchment paper, extending paper over ends of pan.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, stir together butter, eggs and vanilla until thoroughly combined; set aside.
  4. In a small mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt; stir into butter mixture until thoroughly combined.
  5. Add white chocolate chips and pecans; stir to combine.
  6. Spread mixture evenly in bottom of prepared pan; bake in preheated oven until top is shiny, cracked and light golden-brown (25-30 min.).
  7. Remove from oven; let bars cool completely in pan.
  8. Using ends of parchment paper, lift bars out of pan in a single slab.
  9. Frost with Cream Cheese Frosting; garnish with cranberries and orange zest.
  10. Cut into bars.

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING: In a medium mixing bowl, combine 3 oz. softened cream cheese, 2 tbsp. room-temperature butter, 1 tsp. milk and ½ tsp. Kowalski's Organic Madagascar Vanilla Extract; beat with an electric mixer on low speed until creamy. Gradually beat in 2 cups confectioners' sugar on low speed until frosting is smooth and spreadable.