"Feast of Saint Valentine"
The last recipe of chocolate month, and I am so happy to be done with
chocolate (for now). I find the months where my theme centers around one ingredient
gets really tedious by the third week. None-the-less I decided to bring these Blondie’s
to the blog. Why? because I made these for the first
time as Christmas treats that I put in mini dessert jars and gave to family
members. I didn’t add the cherries or chocolate chips then, so I thought it would
be a great way to revamp the recipe.
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| Christmas Blondies |
Truthfully I wanted strawberry filling in the center not really
cherries to stay true to the traditional cheesecake flavors. However as per the
usual, Jamaican supermarkets don’t always have everything, all they had was
apple filling. Sometime I wish there was a whole foods, or a stop and shop
around the corner. I so miss having every ingredient imaginable at the tip of
my fingertips…sigh…none the less the cocktail cherries actually turned out
quite amazing. I was worried they would over power the whole thing because
their flavor is so distinct (hence I didn’t use too much) but they were fine.
Makes 9 blondies
Ingredients (printable recipe)
Cream cheese filling
1 8oz pack cream cheese
½ cup white sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
Blend all this together and place in a piping bag
Batter
1 stick unsalted butter
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
½ tsp. almond extract
1 cup flour
1 tsp. salt
1 cup chocolate chips
15 Maraschino cherries
1/2 cup cream cheese filling
Wax/parchment paper
I would have made my own strawberry filling, but laziness got the best of
me. These squares are very moist and chewy in the center and crispy on the
outside. So yummy!!!
Greedy tips:
If your into cooking for your significant other this valentine’s
day you have a plethora of chocolaty choices
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