White Chocolate Cranberry Blondies
 
Ingredients
  • For the topping:
  • 8 oz cream cheese, softened
  • 1 c powdered sugar, sifted
  • 1 cup white chocolate chips, melted
  • ½ c dried cranberries, roughly chopped
  • For the blondie layer:
  • ¾ c salted butter
  • 1½ cups packed light brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tsp almond extract
  • 2¼ c AP flour
  • 1¼ tsp baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ⅛ teaspoon cinnamon
  • ½ c dried cranberries
  • 1 c white chocolate chips
  • For the topping:
  • 8 oz cream cheese, softened
  • 1 c powdered sugar, sifted
  • 1 cup white chocolate chips, melted
  • ½ c dried cranberries, roughly chopped
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350. Line a 13x9 baking sheet with foil. Spray foil with nonstick spray.
  2. In a separate bowl, melt butter and then stir in brown sugar.
  3. Let the mixture cool, add to a large bowl or your stand mixers bowl.
  4. In your stand mixer (or using a hand mixer) beat in the eggs and almond (you can use vanilla extract, if you prefer).
  5. In a medium bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon; while mixing, gradually add the dry mixture to the butter mixture.
  6. Stir in the cranberries and chopped chocolate.
  7. The batter should be a thick consistency.
  8. Spread the blondie batter onto the prepared baking sheet. Bake for 17-21 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Careful!! Don't overbake, consistency is key. Flip over onto a wire rack and cool completely.
  9. For the Topping:
  10. In a large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, and powdered sugar until well-blended.
  11. Melt half of the white chocolate.
  12. Gradually add half of the melted white chocolate; beat until blended.
  13. Spread icing over blondies.
  14. Sprinkle with cranberries.
  15. Melt remaining chocolate.
  16. Drizzle with remaining melted white chocolate.
  17. Use the foil handles to release the bars from the pan. Cut and serve!
  18. Store, covered, in the refrigerator until it's time to enjoy!
Recipe by Life in the Green House at http://www.lifeinthegreenhouse.com/2015/12/white-chocolate-cranberry-blondies.html