Magic Blondie Bites Food

MAGIC BLONDIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Line a standard 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners; set aside. Stir together coconut, chocolate, walnuts, and cherries in a medium bowl; set aside.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl; set aside.
• Put butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; mix on medium speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add eggs and vanilla; mix until combined. Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture, and mix, scraping down sides of bowl, until well combined. Mix in 1 cup coconut mixture.
• Divide batter among muffin cups, filling each about three-quarters full. Sprinkle remaining coconut mixture over tops. Bake blondies until a cake tester inserted into center comes out with a few crumbs but is not wet, about 25 minutes. Blondies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature up to 2 days.

MAGIC BLONDIE BITES

Steps:

• Stir together coconut, chocolate, walnuts, and cherries in a medium bowl; set aside. Line a standard 12-cup muffin tin with cupcake liners; set aside.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a buttered 8-inch square baking pan with foil or parchment paper, allowing 2 inches to hang over sides. Butter lining (excluding overhang); set pan aside.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl, and set aside.
• Put butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; cream on medium speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add eggs and vanilla; beat until combined. Add flour mixture, and beat on low speed, scraping down sides of bowl, until well incorporated. Mix 1 cup coconut mixture into batter.
• Divide batter among muffin cups, filling each three-quarters full. Sprinkle remaining coconut mixture over tops. Bake until a cake tester inserted into centers comes out with a few crumbs but is not wet, about 25 minutes.

BLONDIE BITES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Line mini muffin pans with paper liners.
• Place the butter and 4 ounces white chocolate in a large bowl. Microwave on high in 30 second intervals, stirring between each, until mixture is smooth. It takes my microwave about 90 seconds before I'm happy with the mixture.
• Stir in the brown sugar and the white sugar.
• Stir in the eggs, one at a time, and beat well after each addition.
• Gradually stir in the flour.
• Stir in the vanilla.
• Then, stir in the white chocolate chips and the nuts.
• Just as an aside, don't you love the fact that you don't need to use your mixer for this recipe, just stir, stir and stir.
• Spoon the batter into the muffin pans.
• Bake for about 15 minutes, until lightly browned.
• While the babies are baking, lick your spoon.
• Cool in pans for 5 minutes. Then, remove from pans and cool on wire racks.

CHERRY BLONDIE BITES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 24 count mini muffin pan with non stick cooking spray. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, beat together the butter, cane sugar and brown sugar on high for about 2 minutes.
• Add egg, vanilla and cherry juice. Beat well on high for another 2 minutes.
• In a medium sized bowl, sift together the flour and baking powder. Add to the butter/egg mixture. Beat on high until well blended, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Place one teaspoonful of batter into each of the 24 mini muffin pan cups. Place a maraschino cherry into the center of each.
• Bake at 350 degrees for about 20 to 22 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• Let stand for 10 minutes. Using a thin knife, gently loosen each mini muffin from the side of tin and place on a rack to cool. Let cool for about 15 minutes. Sift powdered sugar over.
• Makes 24.

BLONDIE BITES

Steps:

• Combine dates, nuts and almond butter in a food processor. Process until mixture forms a paste. There should still be small chunks of nuts. Roll 1/2 tablespoon of paste into small ball and place on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper.
• Combine coconut and cinnamon in a separate small bowl. Roll each date ball in coconut coating and place back on the baking sheet. Refrigerate balls for 4 hours or overnight.