Blondies

Megancurtis

8 tablespoons (1 stick, 4 ounces or 113 grams) butter, melted

1 cup (218 grams or 7 ¾ ounces for light; 238 grams or 8 3/8 ounces for dark) brown sugar

1 large egg

1.5 teaspoons vanilla

Pinch salt

1 cup (4 3/8 ounces or 125 grams) all-purpose flour

Butter an 8×8 pan

2.Mix melted butter with brown sugar - beat until smooth. Beat in egg and then vanilla.

3.Add salt, stir in flour. Mix in any additions (below).

4.Pour into prepared pan. Bake at 350°F 20 to 25 minutes, or until set in the middle. I always err on the side of caution with baking times - nobody ever complained about a gooey-middled cookie. Cool on rack before cutting them.

Further additions, use one or a combination of:

•½ to 1 cup chopped nuts, toasting them first for even better flavor

•½ to 1 cup chocolate chips

•½ teaspoon mint extract in addition to or in place of the vanilla

•½ cup mashed bananas

¼ tsp. sea salt (plus some on top)

•¼ cup bourbon, scotch or other whiskey; increase the flour by one tablespoon

•2 tablespoons of espresso powder with the vanilla

•Stir ½ cup dried fruit, especially dried cherries, into the prepared batter

•Top with a vanilla butter cream or chocolate peanut butter cream frosting

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