Blarney Blondies

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups vanilla chips (or chocolate chips)
• 1 teaspoon whiskey
• 1/2 cup coarsely crushed pistachio nutmeats (measured after crushing)
• 3/4 cup coarsely crushed pistachio nutmeats (measured after crushing)
• 2 1/2 tablespoons whiskey
• 2 1/2 tablespoons sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 in a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugars together.
• 3 add the eggs, whiskey, and vanilla then mix well.
• 4 combine flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl then sift. add the sifted flour mixture to the creamed mixture little by little and blend well.
• 5 stir in vanilla chips and 1/2 cup nuts.
• 6 spoon into a greased 13x9 pan, spread and press to cover bottom of pan.
• 7 mix up the streusel ingredients in a little bowl and let them sit for a bit to soak up the whiskey.
• 8 spread the streusel over the blondie batter in the pan.
• 9 bake at 350°f for 30 minutes or until golden brown.
• 10 cool on wire rack.