blondies

Bourbon Brown Butter Pecan Apple Pie Blondies

- Amanda

Happy National Dessert Day!

If there’s one food holiday that should be celebrated here at A Treat Life, I think this is it. And I have the most perfect recipe to go right along with the party. My Bourbon Brown Butter Pecan Apple Pie Blondies.

I’ll start this post off with the words of a friend who recently tried them….”One of the best things I’ve ever eaten.” I promise she wasn’t paid and had nothing to gain from buttering me up. (The bars were all gone.) Full disclosure, she’s one of my closest friends, but her opinions are always very honest. And not only did that comment warm me to the soul, but confirmed how I myself kind of felt about these. (I’m my own worst critic btw.) But these earn their praise.

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Candy Craze Blondies

- Amanda

Quick, easy, melt-in-your mouth blondies, cookie bars, whatever you want to call them are never a bad thing. Right? It’s like chocolate chip cookie bliss (my absolute favorite treat in the world) paired with brownie-esque gooey perfection.

But then, enter these Candy Craze Blondies and you have double trouble. The same irrisitable blondie fabulous-ness but with some decadent chocolate candy additions folded in. These are good. A little sinful. But good.

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