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Best Peanut Butter Blondie Re-Do: Alex Bakes!

May 25, 2014 By Laura 7 Comments

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These Best Peanut Butter Blondies are exactly what they say–literally the best peanut butter blondies I have ever had. Try them–you will agree.  Affiliate links were used in this post, but only to link to items I would be discussing and linking to anyway.

Best Peanut Butter Blondies with Reese's Cups, Reese's Pieces, Chocolate Chips and Peanut Butter Chips

This is one of those First World Blogger problems—I love these bars. Like seriously swoon love them. But I was, frankly, a lousy photographer way back when I made them for this site. So in the intervening years I am always choosing different recipes (because I want to be able to blog about them) but wishing I would make these and also wishing that the photos were better.

Best Peanut Butter Blondies with Reese's Cups, Reese's Pieces, Chocolate Chips and Peanut Butter Chips

Enter Alex. She wanted to bake something a few weeks ago (it has taken me some time to get them on the site), so I decided to let her try to follow one of my recipes. When she started looking at peanut butter cookies, I knew I wanted her to make these so I could take new photos.
PicMonkey Collage.jpgI love these pictures–which is why there are so many! Alex used to be the kid who refused to “model” my cookies for me, but she just went crazy this time. We had a lot of fun–as you can imagine there are plenty of choices that were even funnier but that I figured I would spare her the embarrassment when she gets older of really absurd photos of her being out there on their internet.

Best Peanut Butter Blondies with Reese's Cups, Reese's Pieces, Chocolate Chips and Peanut Butter Chips

This recipe is adapted from one of my favorite baking cookbook authors, Lisa Yockelson, in her awesome Baking by Flavor. You can use any combination you want of chocolate and peanut butter mix-ins (chocolate chips, Reese’s Cups, Reese’s Pieces, Peanut butter chips, M&Ms, cacao nibs, peanuts, etc); I highly recommend the unwrapped pouches for the peanut butter cups (see for example: Reese’s Minis Peanut Butter Cups, 8-Ounce Pouches). I know I just said you could use any combination that you want, but the Reese’s Cups are the one non-negotiable. They really make these cookies and take them a step above regular peanut butter chocolate chip bars or cookies.

Best Peanut Butter Blondies with Reese's Cups, Reese's Pieces, Chocolate Chips and Peanut Butter Chips

5 from 1 vote
Best Peanut Butter Blondies with Reese's Cups, Reese's Pieces, Chocolate Chips and Peanut Butter Chips
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Best Peanut Butter Blondies
Closely adapted from Lisa Yockelson.
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Cookies
Author: TheSpicedLife
Ingredients
  • 1 cup (126 g) AP flour
  • 1/4 cup cake flour (fluffed, spooned and leveled)
  • 3/4 t baking powder
  • 1/8 t salt
  • 1/3 cup natural smooth peanut butter
  • 8 T (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted and cooled to tepid
  • 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 large egg yolk
  • 1 t vanilla
  • 1 8 oz package Reese's Cups--miniature and unwrapped
  • 1/4 cup peanut butter chips
  • 1/4 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup Reese's Pieces
Instructions
  1. Spray an 8X8 baking pan and line it with parchment paper that overhangs the sides (you will use it to lift the blondies out of the pan). Preheat the oven to 350 F.
  2. Sift together the AP flour, cake flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
  3. In a medium sized mixing bowl (this is easily done by hand) whisk together the melted butter and peanut butter. Whisk in the brown sugar, egg, egg yolk and vanilla. Switching to a wooden spoon or a spatula, mix in the sifted flour mixture. Stir in the chips, candy and peanut butter cups. The dough will be thick and chunky.
  4. Scrape the dough into the prepared pan and spread it in evenly. Bake for 25-30 minutes, rotating front to back halfway through. The bars are done when the dough is set and golden. Let the pan and bars cool completely on a cooling rack before slicing.

 

Best Peanut Butter Blondies with Reese's Cups, Reese's Pieces, Chocolate Chips and Peanut Butter Chips

Filed Under: bar cookies, candy, chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, cookies, kids cooking, peanut butter Tagged With: bar cookies, blondies, chocolate, chocolate chips, cookies, kids baking, peanut butter, peanut butter chips, peanut butter cups, Reese's Pieces Reese's Cups

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Comments

  1. Joanne says

    May 27, 2014 at 6:24 am

    Well twist my arm, why don’t ya! I’ll just have to make these. Peanut butter addiction, and all.

    Reply
  2. Felice/All That's Left Are The Crumbs says

    May 27, 2014 at 9:45 pm

    Alex is the cutest little food blogger there is, and an amazing baker too. These bars look so addictive, and I may just have to bake some and take them into work – Reese’s Cups work wonders there 🙂

    Reply
  3. Laura Dembowski says

    May 28, 2014 at 8:37 am

    Oh, yeah, these are peanut butter bliss! Love peanut butter blondies and pb chip. The Reese’s Pieces are a really fun color too!

    Reply
  4. Ashley @ Big Flavors from a Tiny Kitchen says

    June 1, 2014 at 10:15 am

    These look outrageously good! Glad you had the chance to re-do them, as I missed them the first time around. YUM!

    Reply
  5. Annie @Maebells says

    June 16, 2014 at 11:45 am

    5 stars
    You had me at peanut butter!! These look sooo good! We are major peanut butter lovers in this house!

    Reply
  6. dina says

    June 16, 2014 at 12:26 pm

    these are perfect for serious chocolate pb fans!

    Reply
  7. Winnie says

    June 17, 2014 at 3:38 am

    These really look fantastic!
    No wonder they’re you daughter’s favorite 🙂

    Reply

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Hi! I’m Laura and I am a recovering history major who has re-channeled all of my passion for learning about the history of different countries to learning about their food culture. That doesn’t mean every dish on here is strictly authentic, but it does mean that even my adaptations are not undertaken lightly. My goal is to show you–by doing–that these dishes are possible in your kitchen. Including desserts because I have quite the sweet tooth! Read More…

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