Recipe For Cooking Sweet Cherry Blondies

Toaster Oven Cookies :: Blondies and Brownies

Sweet Cherry Blondies

1 1/3 C. flour
1 1/3 C. packed light brown sugar
1 tea. baking powder
1/2 tea. salt
1/2 C. canola oil
2 eggs
1 tea. vanilla extract or flavoring
1 C. pitted and halved fresh sweet cherries
1/2 C. chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Oil and flour a 9-in. square baking pan.

Combine flour, brown sugar, baking powder, salt, oil, eggs and vanilla extract or flavoring; mix on low speed of electric mixer until blended. Mix 1 min. on med. speed. Batter will be thick. Spread half of batter in prepared baking pan.

Toss cherries in sm. amount of flour. Scatter cherries over batter; spread remaining batter over cherries. Sprinkle pecans over top. Bake for 30-35 min. or until wooden pick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool on rack and cut into 16 pieces.

Makes approximately 16 servings.

Chocolate Chip variation: Sprinkle 1/2 C. chocolate chips over batter with pecans.