These Christmas holiday blondies are super chewy and filled with Christmas sprinkles and M&Ms. They're easy to make and made by hand. Perfect for Christmas baking!
WHAT ARE BLONDIES?
Blondies have a similar baking style and fudgy texture as brownies. Both are bars, but blondies focus on vanilla flavour where as brownies are chocolate flavoured. Both don't use levelling agents (baking powder/soda) to create a dense chewy bar.
WHY YOU’LL LOVE THESE BLONDIES
Chewy Texture. These blondies are super chewy and have a fudgy texture similar to brownies.
Easy to Make. This recipe uses simple ingredients and is made using just one bowl by hand.
Perfect festive Christmas treat. The Christmas coloured sprinkles and M&Ms makes them perfect for Christmas baking.
INGREDIENTS
- Butter - The recipe use salted butter that is melted and then cooled to room temperature.
- White sugar
- Vanilla extract
- Eggs- This recipe use 1 whole large egg and an extra egg yolk at room temperature.
- Flour- All purpose flour works best.
- Salt
- Christmas coloured sprinkles- I prefer jimmies (long sprinkles) but you can use which ever kind you like.
- Christmas M&M's- These are regular M&M's just red and green coloured.
STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 F and line a 8×8 square baking pan with parchment paper.
In a large bowl whisk melted butter and sugar until well combined.
Add in egg and egg yolk and whisk together for a good 3 minutes, batter will thicken up.
Mix in the vanilla.
Add in flour and salt and mix until combined.
Fold in the sprinkles and M&Ms.
Pour the batter into your lined baking pan. Smooth and spread the mixture till it is evenly covers the entire pan. Top with extra sprinkles and M&Ms.
Bake for 30 minutes or until the edges are golden brown and middle the middle only has a slight jiggle to it when shaken.
Let the bars fully cool in the pan before slicing.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
WHAT DOES SPOONED AND LEVELLED FLOUR MEAN?
Spooned and levelled flour refers to the way of measuring flour. To properly measure flour you should scoop spoonfuls of flour into your measuring cup and then scrape with a knife to level off the access. Scooping the measuring cup directly into your flour cause the flour to compress and getting more than the recipe calls for.
STORING THE COOKIES
Store the cookies in an airtight container at room temperature. The keep well up to four days.
CAN I FREEZE THEM?
Yes, you can stores the cooked bars in the freezer up to 2 months.
DO I NEED TO BRING MY EGGS TO ROOM TEMPERATURE?
Yes you do. Room temperature ingredients break down easier in the batter. This will give you a fudgier blondie and gives you a shiny top.
If you forget to take your eggs out of the fridge, no worries! Just run them under warm tap water for a few minutes and this will bring them to room temperature.
WHAT KIND OF SPRINKLES SHOULD I USE?
You can use any type of sprinkles you like. I personally prefer jimmies, these are the long sprinkles.
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Christmas Holiday Blondies
Equipment
- 8x8 square baking pan
- parchment paper
- large bowl
- measuring cups/spoons
- whisk
- rubber spatula
Ingredients
- 1 C salted butter melted and cooled to room temperature
- 1 & 1/4 C white sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 large egg + 1 large egg yolk at room temperature
- 1 & 3/4 C all purpose flour spooned and levelled *
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 C red and green M&Ms plus extra for topping
- 1/4 C Christmas coloured sprinkles plus extra for topping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F and line a 8×8 square baking pan with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl whisk melted butter and sugar until well combined.1 C salted butter, 1 & 1/4 C white sugar
- Add in egg and egg yolk and whisk together for a good 3 minutes, batter will thicken up.1 large egg + 1 large egg yolk
- Mix in the vanilla.2 tsp vanilla extract
- Add in flour and salt and mix until combined.1 & 3/4 C all purpose flour, 1/4 tsp salt
- Fold in the sprinkles and M&Ms.1/2 C red and green M&Ms, 1/4 C Christmas coloured sprinkles
- Pour the batter into your lined baking pan. Smooth and spread the mixture till it is evenly covers the entire pan. Top with extra sprinkles and M&Ms.
- Bake for 30 minutes or until the edges are golden brown and middle the middle only has a slight jiggle to it when shaken.
- Let the bars fully cool in the pan before slicing.
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