In case you haven't noticed, I'm a huge fan of cream cheese in baked goods - brownies, cupcake frosting, cake frosting, etc. That being said, it was only a matter of time before I'd try out Martha Stewart's cream cheese swirl blondies- yum! This is another recipe from the Martha Stewart Cookies book, which I am slowly making my way through.
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The great thing about blondies is that the ingredients are pretty much items that any semi-regular baker would have on hand. Luckily, with a sale on cream cheese at Harris Teeter recently, I also have a few blocks of cream cheese on hand for these occasions as well, haha.
The recipe came together easily, but one issue I had was with the consistency of the cream cheese mixture. I can't blame Martha for bad instructions, because I a) don't own multiple bowls that fit into my stand mixer; and b) was too lazy to wash out the blondie batter bowl to use for the cream cheese mixture. You can clearly see from the photo below that the hand-mixing method didn't turn out so well- haha. Also, my attempts at creating a swirl pattern on the chunky cream cheese mixture resulted in a "dirt bike racing track" look that did not melt away in the baking process, ha.
All that aside, these blondies tasted great, and I loved the addition of cream cheese with the blondie. My co-workers were not too thrown off by the look of these, and seemed to enjoy them a lot. If you'd like to add some texture, feel free to add chopped nuts, or whatever else strikes your fancy :o)
They look aweseome! Would never have thought otherwise if you hadn't mentioned the dirt bike track. You're so domestic. :)
ReplyDeleteOmg, I love cream cheese anything! These look de-lish =D
ReplyDelete@Meppers: Haha thanks!
ReplyDelete@SNC: Thanks- I love cc too!
These look YUMMY! I have a cream cheese problem. ;)
ReplyDeleteMy gosh, those look fantastic. Gotta love anything that has cream cheese richness running through it. I have a sweet treat linky party going on at my blog and I'd like to invite you to stop by and link your blondies up. http://sweet-as-sugar-cookies.blogspot.com/2011/02/sweets-for-saturday-6.html
ReplyDelete@Sassy: Embrace it!!
ReplyDelete@Lisa: Thanks for commenting!