White Chocolate Cranberry Blondies
Friends sometimes ask me to make these for wedding receptions. For a fancier presentation, I cut the bars into triangle shapes and drizzle white chocolate over each one individually. —Erika Busz, Kent, Washington
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup butter, cubed
- 1-1/2 cups packed light brown sugar
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries
- 6 ounces white baking chocolate, coarsely chopped
- FROSTING:
- 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 tablespoon grated orange zest, optional
- 6 ounces white baking chocolate, melted
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries, chopped
Reviews
I prepared these delicious blondies for a Christmas party yesterday. They were a huge hit. I used white chocolate chips so did not need to chop. Also, I separated the remaining chips into two bowls and melted both. One bowl I used for the frosting and the other I was going to use to drizzle. Nope. Not going to happen as it was way too thick. Next time I may try thinning it out with milk. Also, as soon as the blondies are cool and frosted, cut into squares. If you have to refrigerate, take out to come to room temperature before serving as the brownies tend to get hard. I did use the orange zest and recommend it. It gave them a nice pop of flavor. They were delicious and I came home with only a couple.
Love this recipe!! My daughter worked for Starbucks for just more than 10 years and that was our favorite fall treat. These bars are the closest that we have come to repeating that taste from home. Have made them often for work and every time I need to make numerous copies of the recipe.
Made these for a coworkers birthday. They were so yummy and pretty too. They were a hit and very addictive. Great blonde recipe on it’s own as well. Will definitely make again!Didn’t use the orange peel since I didn’t have it, also used salted butter and didn’t add other salt.
These bars are fantastic! They are very sweet, but the cranberries offer a nice, tart bite just when you need it! I did think they had more of a shortbread cookie texture, rather than blondie though.
These are soooo good. Made them for a Christmas gift for a neighbor. Received a call asking for the recipe!
The tartness of the cranberries is a nice contrast to the very sweet chips and frosting
These were very good!
Best Blondie recipe I have ever tried! I left off the icing one time for less calories and it still tasted just as great. Very moist and full flavor.
I added some orange flavoring. 1 1/2 teaspoons of Watkins pure orange extract and a bit more in the icing. Super good. They were gobbled up before anything else and people were swooning over them!
Usee real cranberries and white chocolate chip. Wow. Amazing