SRC CHEWY CHUNKY BLONDIES

Secret Recipe Club is upon us again for the month of September.  I got so much enjoyment looking around Lynn's Blog, it is a must look at. She had so many recipes I didn't know where to start.   Her photography is beautiful, mouth watering, and done with style and class.  I ending up making the Blond Brownies, that was made with her group of "Tuesdays with Dorrie".  These brownies are delicious, a thin layer of crunch on top, the chocolate, pecans and coconut.  I thought the recipe I had on my blog for Blonde Brownies was good but it's not as good as these.  This recipe is a make again for sure.  I think I will remove my post and replace it will these!  I also made from Lynn's blog Teddy Bears Breads, and Italian Meatballs with Spaghetti which we had for dinner one night, then I froze some of the meatballs and made meatball sandwiches another night.  So good,  I am so excited to work off her blog this month. All three recipes that are approved by me!   Happy Baking everyone..........................Andi 

Chewy Chunky 
cafelynnylu chewy-chunky-blondies

Teddy Bear Bread  from Simple Sweet Dough 

Lynn's Spaghetti and Meatballs

Chewy Chunky Blondies

2 cups flour
3/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla
6 ounces of bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, chopped into chips or 1 cup store bought chocolate chips
1 cup butterscotch chips or Heath Toffee Bits
1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts or pecans
1 cup sweetened shredded coconut


Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter a 9x13 inch baking pan and place on a larger rimmed baking sheet. Center the oven rack to the middle of the oven.

In one bowl combine the flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Whisk this together to combine all the ingredients.

With your stand mixer, add the butter and mix. Then add the light brown sugar and mix for about 3 minutes. Scrape bowl to combine the ingredients. Add the large eggs one at a time, mixing well after each egg. Add the vanilla. Carefully at a lower speed on the mixer add the dry ingredients, mixing only enough to incorporate the flour mixture. Hand stir in the nuts and the chocolate pieces and the shredded coconut. Scrape the batter into the buttered pan and using a off set spatula to even the top of the bars.

Bake for about 40 minutes, or until a knife inserted into the center of the blondies comes out clean. The blondies may start to pull away from the side of the pan and the top should be a nice golden honey brown. Remove the baking dish from the baking sheet and place on a cooling rack to cool. Cut into squares. Happy Baking, Andi


To see other great recipes from this month's Secret Recipe Club, follow the links below!

1. Pioneer Woman's Chicken Pot Pie	2. Mississippi Mud Brownies	3. Chocolate Peanut Butter & Oat Snack Bars
4. Creamy Cucumber Salad with Dill	5. Slow Cookers Jambalaya	6. Vietnamese Chicken Meatballs, Summer Rolls
7. Orzo with Sausage, White Beans and Spinach	8. Red Velvet Cupcakes	9. Chicken Enchiladas Verde
10. Rustic Peach Galette	11. Southwestern Chicken Casserole	12. Baked Mashed Potatoes w/Parmesan Cheese
13. Frosted Zucchini Spice Cake Cookies	14. Bourbon Chicken	15. Banana Cake with Orange Icing
16. Chicken Tortilla Soup	17. Rosemary Thyme Chicken Breast	18. Pumpkin Whoopie Pies
19. Aloo Bhaji	20. Pumpkin Cookies	21. Tzatziki
22. Raw Chocolate Oat Breakfast Cookie	23. Banana Pudding with Nilla Wafers	24. Breakfast Braid
25. Pumpkin Scones and Honey Cinnamon Butter	26. Mexican Rice	27. White Chocolate Cookies & Cream Fudge
28. Caribbean Jerk Pizza	29. Butternut Squash Gnocchi w/Moroccan Sauce	30. Marble Cake w/White Chocolate Glaze
31. Avocado Omelet	32. Turkey Sloppy Joes	33. Bacon & Feta Pasta
34. Pesto Potatoes	35. Hearty Corn Chowder	36. Spiced Vegetarian Lentil Soup
37. Roasted Garlic Tomato Sauce	38. Citrus & Blueberry Baked Muffin Donuts	39. Peanut Butter Cookies
40. Sopapillas	41. Cheddar Jalapeno Beer Muffins	42. Falafel
43. Plum Crunch	44. Pumpkin Seed Crusted Tilapia	45. Garlic Dill Salmon
46. Maple Ginger Pork Loin	47. Pretzel Rolls	48. Tomato Basil Chickpea Salad
49. Baby Bok Choy w/Shitake Mushrooms	50. Honey-Balsamic Chicken Thighs w/Cranberry Wild Ric	51. Vegchiladas
52. Chewy Chunky Blondies	53. Watermelon Feta Salad	54. Rosemary Butternut Squash Soup
55. Squash & Kale Pizza	56. Sour Cream Coffee Cake Muffins	57. Vegan Snickerdoodles
58. BBQ Sauce	59. Molten Lava Cakes	60. Cinnamon and Sugar Doughnut Muffins
61. 5 Minute Chocolate Cake	62. Balsamic Vinaigrette Coleslaw	63. Fruit & Nut Cookie Bars
64. Scratch Gooey Butter Cake	65. Bacon Chedder Cheese Bread	66. Pumpkin Pie Spiced Snack Mix
67. Whole Wheat English Muffins	68. Chicken and Sesame Noodles	69. Chocolate Chip Coconut Macaroons
70. White Chocolate Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies	71. Soft Pretzels w/Herbed Sea Salt	72. Brioche Bread