Peppermint Blondies taste just like Christmas. With a bit of crushed candy canes in the blondie and more in the frosting on top, it is just the perfect amount of peppermint.
It’s Christmas week and you need to be baking something with candy canes. I love Candy Cane Brownies, and so why wouldn’t peppermint blondies be fabulous. The blondies themselves are pretty standard with butter and white chocolate chips, but they have a small amount of crushed candy canes in the batter itself. They are finished off with just a thin layer of peppermint frosting and then topped with crushed candy canes. I gave one to a friend to try and she said they taste just like Christmas.
My mom and mother-in-law are hard to shop for, they really don’t need anything. So, I thought about buying them a subscription box of desserts but then decided that it would be fun to do my own subscription box and send them a special treat each month. So I packaged these and sent them in the mail to them for their first Christmas box. I’ll share their comments and what I make for their boxes in the months to come. I think these will ship ok since they are pretty substantial and it’s cold outside. If it was really hot, the frosting might get all gooey, but I’m hoping these will get to them without being a mushy mess. I guess cookies would have been safer, but everyone has cookies this time of year and I thought a blondie was a better way to go. I’ll keep you posted.
Peppermint Blondies
Peppermint Blondies taste just like Christmas. With a bit of crushed candy canes in the blondie and more in the frosting on top, it is just the perfect amount of peppermint.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 24 1x
- Category: Dessert
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Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 ¼ cups flour
- ½ cup white chocolate chips
- 1 cup coarsely crushed peppermint candies, about 12 candy canes
- ICING
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- ¼ cup butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ¼ teaspoon peppermint extract
- 3 tablespoons heavy cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º. Line a 13×9 inch baking pan with parchment and grease with butter.
- Combine butter and sugar in an electric mixer and beat until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time and beat until incorporated. Beat in vanilla and salt. Add flour on low speed, mixing until just combined. Stir in white chocolate chips and 1/2 cup of crushed peppermint candy.
- Spread in prepared pan and smooth top with an offset spatula. Bake until toothpick comes out clean, about 20-22 minutes. Cool completely in the pan.
- Prepare icing:
- Combine powdered sugar, butter, vanilla and peppermint extract in medium bowl and beat with hand held mixer. Add in cream and beat until it is a spreadable consistency. Spread over top of blondies and then sprinkle with reserved peppermint.
- Refrigerate to let icing set, then cut.
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