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Maple Pecan Blondies

Here’s a blondie recipe that I have made many times!  Mine are never as gooey as Gemma’s and that’s probably because I over-bake them. I should keep a better eye on them next time. I like to brown the butter first but it’s not necessary. Enjoy!  Maple Pecan Blondies Makes 9-12 servings Original recipe from Bigger Bolder Baking Ingredients ¾ cup butter, melted or browned 1¼ cups dark brown sugar ½ cup maple syrup 1 large egg  2 teaspoons vanilla 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 cups all-purpose flour ¼ teaspoon baking soda I ¼ cups pecans, toasted and chopped  Directions   Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease and line a 9x13” baking pan with parchment. Gemma used 8x8 but I like my bars thinner. Whisk together the butter, brown sugar, maple syrup, egg, vanilla, and salt. Stir in the flour and baking soda just until combined.  Stir in the pecans. Pour mixture into prepared pan and bake for 30-35 minutes. They middle should be slightly jiggly but they still taste yummy if you over-bake them. Allow to co

Sundried Tomato Pesto with Olives (Vegan)

I could eat this pesto every day! I used jarred sun-dried tomatoes packed in oil because I had some that needed to be used up, but you could re-hydrate the dry ones with some boiling water and use those. I stirred it into pasta, but it would be amazing spread on toast and topped with avocado!

Above: I used only about 6 leaves at first, but added more once it was blended because it wasn't enough. 


Above: I served it on pasta with tomatoes, nutritional yeast and more olive oil. The next day I added beans, wilted greens and cooked broccoli. 

Sun-dried Tomato Pesto with Olives (Vegan)
Makes about 4 tablespoons

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons chopped sun-dried tomatoes
  • 6 Kalamata olives
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • 1/2 cup loosely packed basil
  • 1 tablespoon nutritional yeast
  • 1 tablespoon pine nuts
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1/4 teaspoon pink salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
Directions
  1. Place all ingredients in a food processor and give it a buzz until the mixture looks like the image above. That's it. You're done.






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