Golden Oreo Blondies

Good old Oreo Cookies.  They come in darn near every imaginable flavor these days, don't they?  My husband the "not a huge fan of chocolate" guy, LOVES the Golden Oreos.  Just as a side note...who doesn't love chocolate?!  Nobody normal. 

I have been feeling some baking in my bones.  In fact, the day I baked these for hubby, I also re-shot a video that turned out blindly bright.  This time, all of my video clips were corrupt so I can tell you with confidence, I stress ate me one of these babies, OK maybe two.  I mean it depends on how you look at it, I cut one in half.  I ate them like 3 minutes apart, so I am fairly confident the calorie and fat count is less than eating the whole thing at once.  When my husband sees me do this he laughs and says, "you DO know they are still the same whether you eat half now and half later or all at once, right"?  Haha!  He is a lover of all things Blondie.  (except his brunette wife).  He asked me to make Blondies with Golden Oreos in the middle and they were awesome, so I surprised him with another batch and wanted to share them with you.  The cookie kind of melts into the Blondie and the cream is still in the center.  Oh my.  Just close your eyes and go for it. 

I make these in an 8x8 pan but feel free to use a 9x13 and bake just 30-ish minutes!

You will need:
1 cup melted butter
2 cups brown sugar (light or dark makes no difference)
1-2 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups all purpose flour
1/3 cup butterscotch chips
1/3 cup vanilla chips

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. 

I used just a whisk and spatula but feel free to use an electric mixer or stand mixer.
In a bowl combine melted butter, brown sugar and vanilla, whisk until smooth and combined.  Add in eggs and whisk, again until combined.  Pour flour into the mixture and using a spatula just stir and fold until combined.  I add the chips in halfway through so I don't have to mix any longer than necessary. 

Line your pan with parchment (easier to just pick them up out of the pan)  I still spray the sides with nonstick spray.  Spread mixture in pan and then add Oreos.  If you squish a lot of batter out between them just spread it around when you are done.  You can place these on top to, but, I like pressing them down about halfway.  These are a really thick, chewy Blondie.  Bake for approx 40-45 minutes.

Let cool for at least 20 minutes IN THE PAN!  They need that time to carry over bake and set!

ENJOY!
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Cookies and Cream Oreo Blondies

Heyyyaaaa!!  Long time no see, eh?  Been a slow summer.  Been in a transition time and just haven't been mentally at my best.  I am looking forward to fall and winter though!   Lots of kitchen time!  Lots of soup!  Lots of comfort food!  Lots of delicious goodness!

As most of you know, I have a new YouTube channel.  I would love to have you subscribe if you haven't.  Here is the link, FoodThoughtsOfaChefWannabe.  You will find lifestyle, food, hauls, Scentsy, and random videos with my littles and hubby!  That being said, I love couponing so one fo those channels I watch, Nicole Burgess and she shared this recipe from Six Sisters Stuff.  I adapted my recipe from that.  I changed it up in a way I thought we would enjoy it better!

Here is what you will need:

1 cup butter softened
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
3.4 ounce package of INSTANT vanilla pudding
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
pinch of salt
1 heaping cup of white chocolate chips
20 Oreo's roughly chopped  (I save a handful off to the side to sprinkle on top when it is in the pan)

You can do this by hand, but the mixture gets pretty thick and hard to stir, (I learned the first time).  I did it in my stand mixer this time!

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Lightly spray a 9x13 baking dish with nonstick spray and set aside.

In your stand mixer cream together butter, sugars, eggs and vanilla.  When it is smooth and fluffy, add in vanilla pudding mix.  Mix until completely incorporated.  Scrape down the sides as needed!

Mix together the flour, soda, powder, and salt.  Just mix for a couple of seconds and then add flour mixture into the mixer bowl half at a time and continue mixing.  Next add in your cookies and white chocolate chips, (minus that handful) Mix until just combined.  Pour out into your 9x13 and even it out as best you can.

Pop it in the oven for 25-30 minutes.  It should still be a little gooey looking in the middle!  Let cool and serve up with an ice cold glass of milk!

Other Recipes You Might Enjoy:

Double Chocolate Mint Brownies
Chocolate Amaretti Trifle
Chocolate Crunch Brownies

Peanut Butter Blondies

Oh my gosh you guys.  I hit the jackpot.  First off, I met a wonderful woman, Heather, who has become a dear friend, AND I hit the jackpot with this recipe of hers I am going to share with you!

Foodies just find each other.  I have met so many wonderful people in the last 1.5 years through blogging.  I am so blessed, really I am.  These women and men have become great friends and I hope one day we will all meet "in the flesh".  Until then I will cherish and nurture our friendships over the computer!!   I started watching Heather's YouTube channel a long time ago, I had left her a few comments here and there and when I found out she had a Facebook page, I was thrilled.  Heather is my kinda lady, just an everyday mom, and wife, who loves her family, lives her life as best she can, and has a heart of gold.  We became fast friends and I couldn't be happier!! 

I have been scopin' out her goods, errr....recipes rather, and came across these Peanut Butter Blondies.  Now blondies are my husbands favorite!!  So, I gathered my ingredients, I baked these beauties, and guess what.  The dog ate them.  I swear, with God as my witness, I almost DIED!!  So, then I learned I was going to be receiving the Pampered Chef Brownie Pan.  WELL, I HAD to wait to get that to remake them!  I got it, I got it, I GOT IT!  I LOVE this thing unlike I have ever loved any other inanimate object!  I followed the recipe exact last time, but this time I chose to omit ONE item.  I will tell you when we get there. 

So if you would like to watch Heather and (infamous) Toby, her hubby who is her camera man and taste tester extraordinaire, you can find her videos here at Heatherzblueyez1974.  You can find her at her blog MishMawsh And Other Things.  You can LIKE her on Facebook Heatherrzblueyez1975 OR Twitter at HeatherzKitchen.  You will find her easy to relate to and easy to hang out with.  Her recipes are delicious, great everyday food, for families, things kids will eat and adults too!! 

Here is what you will need for her recipe for Peanut Butter Blondies!
6 tbsps melted butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup flour
1/8 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 cup caramel chips
1 cup chocolate chips (I omitted these because I wanted to taste the blondie without overpowering it with chocolate but add if you like, as I said the original recipe calls for them)

DO NOT skip adding the caramel chips.  They add the most incredible chewy texture and flavor.  LAWDY I love these!

OK, anyway, preheat your oven to 350.   Now, I used my PC Brownie Pan but you can also use an 8x8 or 9x9 pan.  Get them sprayed with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.

Cream, butter, sugar and peanut butter together.  Add in your egg, vanilla, baking soda, and baking powder.  Mix in your flour and then fold in your chips.  This will make 12 brownies in the brownie pan or a regular square pan of brownies as mentioned above. 

Bake for 20-30 minutes if baking a regular pan.  Bake 22-25 minutes if making them in the brownie pan.  A toothpick inserted might come out a little moist but no batter, they are DONE at at that point.  As they cool and carry over cook, they become chewy perfection!

Did I mention NOT skipping the caramel chips?!  OK, good. Let cool COMPLETELY before cutting and serving!

I mixed mine a bit different because I am an impatient woman who wants to throw everything in a bowl at once and have it turn out perfectly! Here is a link to the original post... Peanut Butter Blondies.

Enjoy these babies, we sure did!! 

 

Your  "yes that missing bite in the photo was ME, OK?" Chefwannabe