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.
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.
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.
White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Blondies
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 hope you all have a wonderful Easter holiday spent with those you love.
Dee
You sure have a handsome helper. Recipe looks & sounds wonderful. Might have to put a little effort into trying baking.
Cindy Harris
Yes! All my favorite flavors in one bar! Perfect. thanks.
Nutmeg Nanny
Aw just the most adorable little helper you’ve got 🙂 The blondies look so perfect!
Foodiewife
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!
My Inner Chick
Sweeet!
Ooo, to live at your house must be quite delicious!
Happy Easter, Barbara & Fam. X
The Contessa (Linda)
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
Valérie France
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.
Valérie (Franche-Comté)
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.
Maureen | Orgasmic Chef
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.
Angie@Angie's Recipes
Your sous chef looks sweeter than those blondies!
Jersey Girl Cooks
Yummy treats and cute picture!
Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar
These are perfect for this Easter weekend. Lovely recipe!
Carol
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
carrian
Adorable is right! He’s perfection!
Averie @ Averie Cooks
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!
Rocky Mountain Woman
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…
Rosa
Your grandson is very cute and those bars look fabulous!
Happy Easter!
Cheers,
Rosa