Almond Butter Blondies
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Serves: 16
 
Ingredients
  • ½ cup butter (I used unsalted)
  • ¼ cup almond butter
  • 1 cup light or dark brown sugar (I prefer light; dark will give you a stronger flavor)
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon almond extract
  • ¾ cup all-purpose flour
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¾ cup quick cooking oats
  • ½ cup sliced almonds, roasted, plus ¼ cup
  • ½ cup finely diced dried California apricots
  • ¼ cup golden raisins
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350. Line an 8x8 inch baking pan with aluminum foil or parchment paper. If you use foil, coat with non-tick cooking spray.
  2. Cream butter and almond butter until fluffy, using a mixer. Add brown sugar, egg and almond extract and beat until light. If you don’t have almond extract, vanilla extract substitutes nicely.
  3. Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Stir dry ingredients into butter mixture until just blended. Stir in oatmeal, ½ cup almonds, apricots and raisins.
  4. Spoon batter into prepared pan and smooth with table knife or small metal spatula. Sprinkle with remaining ¼ cup almonds. Bake 30-35 minutes or until firm and a toothpick comes out nearly clean. Let cool to room temperature before lifting foil out of the pan. Peel foil off blondies and cut into 16 squares.
Recipe by In Good Taste at https://ingoodtaste.kitchen/almond-butter-blondies-2/