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    Home » Recipes » Dessert » Bar Cookies

    White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Blondies

    Published by Melissa on March 29, 2013 | Updated June 10, 2022 | 18 Comments

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    Moist and fudgy blondies with a rich caramel flavor, loaded with fun Easter white chocolate M&M’s and macadamia nuts. A fun way to change up a highly rated King Arthur Flour recipe for the Easter holiday. 

    While I was searching for a cinnamon filling recipe to make for my King Arthur Flour giveaway, I stumbled on their Crazy Blonde Brownies recipe. I decided it would be a perfect recipe for the colorful white chocolate Easter M&M’s I’d snatched up at the store. And if you’re using white chocolate in blondies, macadamia nuts seem like the perfect addition too.

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    The original Crazy Blonde Brownies recipe included white whole wheat flour, but since I didn’t have any on hand, I used only all-purpose flour. I also reduced the baking powder a little bit for high altitude baking.

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    My daughter snapped this picture of my adorable kitchen helper. He likes to stand on the stool and “help” grandma bake. I thought it would be good to line the pan with foil, but the blondie batter was too thick to spread in the tin foil, so I ended up not using it.

    If you haven’t entered my King Arthur Flour giveaway, be sure and check out the Simply Sinful Cinnamon Muffins and enter the giveaway for a chance to win a cookie scoop, a bag of Baker’s Cinnamon Filling, and a coupon for a free bag of flour at the supermarket from King Arthur Flour.

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    White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Blondies

    Prep Time20 mins
    Cook Time35 mins
    Total Time55 mins
    Course: Bar Cookies
    Keyword: baking, cookie, Dessert, food, recipe
    Servings: 2 dozen 2-inch squares.
    Author: Barbara Schieving
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    Ingredients

    • ½ cup butter
    • 2 cups brown sugar lightly packed
    • 2 large eggs
    • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • 1 ¾ cup King Arthur Unbleached All- Purpose Flour
    • 2 teaspoons baking powder*
    • 1 ½ cups chocolate chips
    • 1 package white chocolate M&M's
    • 1 cup diced macadamia nuts

    Instructions

    • Lightly grease a 9 x 13-inch pan and preheat your oven to 350°F. Melt the butter in a medium-sized saucepan. Add the brown sugar, and stir until the mixture is smooth.
    • Remove the pan from the heat, pour the butter-sugar mixture into a medium-sized bowl, and allow it to cool to lukewarm. Whisk in the eggs one at a time. Stir in the vanilla extract and salt.
    • Whisk the flour and baking powder together, then add the dry ingredients to the sugar mixture, stirring to combine. Finally, fold in the M&M's and nuts.
    • Spread the mixture evenly in the pan, and bake the brownies for 30 to 35 minutes, until they're light brown on the edges and top

    Notes

    *I decreased the baking powder to 1 ½ teaspoons for high altitude baking.

    I hope you all have a wonderful Easter holiday spent with those you love.

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    1. Dee

      March 19, 2015 at 11:43 am

      You sure have a handsome helper. Recipe looks & sounds wonderful. Might have to put a little effort into trying baking.

      Reply
    2. Cindy Harris

      April 01, 2013 at 10:42 pm

      Yes! All my favorite flavors in one bar! Perfect. thanks.

      Reply
    3. Nutmeg Nanny

      March 31, 2013 at 9:52 pm

      Aw just the most adorable little helper you’ve got 🙂 The blondies look so perfect!

      Reply
    4. Foodiewife

      March 31, 2013 at 8:41 pm

      Your grandson is a cutie patootie, for sure. As for the blondies– I have all the ingredients to make these. Make these, I shall! Yum!

      Reply
    5. My Inner Chick

      March 30, 2013 at 2:29 pm

      Sweeet!

      Ooo, to live at your house must be quite delicious!

      Happy Easter, Barbara & Fam. X

      Reply
    6. The Contessa (Linda)

      March 30, 2013 at 8:08 am

      These sound delicious. We’re having a party at Tumbleweed Contessa today – Saturday Dishes along with Hammock Tracks and Call Me PMc. I’d love it if you could hop on over with these.

      Have a wonderful weekend,
      Linda

      Reply
    7. Valérie France

      March 30, 2013 at 5:32 am

      Il est chou ton petit homme 😉 il est là pour récupérer les miettes hahhaahha

      Dis moi, pourrais tu m’informer des quantité en grammes et ml, j’ai un tableau de conversions mais je suis septique
      Merci Barbara.
      Bises
      Valérie.

      Reply
    8. Valérie (Franche-Comté)

      March 30, 2013 at 5:14 am

      Coucou Barbara,

      Voilà le genre de gourmandises que j’aime et que nous commençons seulement à découvrir chez nous
      merci pour ces recettes originales que je conserve dans mon carnet secret 😉
      De quoi nous régaler
      Je te souhaite de bien belles fêtes Pasquales
      Valérie.

      Reply
    9. Maureen | Orgasmic Chef

      March 30, 2013 at 2:28 am

      What an adorable helper! Would you consider renting him out? I could use a helper in the kitchen. 🙂

      I love white chocolate and macadamia nuts and add in a blondie and I’m talking to the angels.

      Reply
    10. Angie@Angie's Recipes

      March 29, 2013 at 11:09 pm

      Your sous chef looks sweeter than those blondies!

      Reply
    11. Jersey Girl Cooks

      March 29, 2013 at 7:29 pm

      Yummy treats and cute picture!

      Reply
    12. Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar

      March 29, 2013 at 4:32 pm

      These are perfect for this Easter weekend. Lovely recipe!

      Reply
    13. Carol

      March 29, 2013 at 4:02 pm

      Oh my gosh your grandson is adorable! My youngest grandson loves helping too-he loves the salad ” spinneraroundthingy”…..his words not mine. 🙂

      The only Easter candy I grabbed this year was the white chocolate M&Ms-and have been real good not to open them……was just thinking what can I do with these? You solved my problem! White chocolate, macadamia nuts? What’s not to love?….can’t wait to make them.

      Thanks so much Barbara-Happy Easter to you and your family.

      Carol

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    14. carrian

      March 29, 2013 at 3:36 pm

      Adorable is right! He’s perfection!

      Reply
    15. Averie @ Averie Cooks

      March 29, 2013 at 10:38 am

      Barbara that pic of the two of you is just priceless. What an adorable little helper!

      And what great looking blondies. Blondies and white choc are two of my favorite things!

      Reply
    16. Rocky Mountain Woman

      March 29, 2013 at 9:33 am

      That’s a pretty cute little helper you have there…

      It’s funny how help like that can make baking seem to take so much longer, but it’s worth it!

      As soon as I am back on solid foods after my mouth surgery I am so making this with my own little helper…

      Reply
    17. Rosa

      March 29, 2013 at 8:39 am

      Your grandson is very cute and those bars look fabulous!

      Happy Easter!

      Cheers,

      Rosa

      Reply

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