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snickerdoodle blondies

Also known as, "Dammit woman! Why have we never made these before??" And by 'we' he meant 'me'

Snickerdoodle blondies are like the secret love child of a snickerdoodle and a coffee cake raised in sin by a pan of brownies. For serious, go make these. You will not regret it.

Made with stuff I already had in my house, not having to go to the store was just a bonus. Bonus number two? These come together in about 10 minutes (maybe less) and are ready to eat from conception to fork in the pan in under 90 minutes. Unless of course YOU don't eat baked goods straight from the pan with your fingers a fork before they are perfectly cooled. In which case you'll have to wait a bit longer prude friend.

What you'll need:
Oven to 350ºF
8x8 inch pan (I used glass), lightly greased.

Ingredients:

1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon cinnamon, gently rounded

1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice 

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup packed dark brown sugar

1/2 cup butter or margarine, room temperature

1 egg, at room temperature

1 tablespoon vanilla (I used imitation)

Topping:

2 tablespoons granulated sugar

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1) Combine flour, baking powder, rounded teaspoon of cinnamon, pie spice and salt in a small bowl, stir to mix them together.
2) Put softened butter and brown sugar in a mixer, or use a hand mixer (or you own super arm strength and a spoon, you rebel) and mix at low/medium speed for 3 minutes. Mixture should be well combined and slightly fluffy

3) To this fluffy mixture add your egg and beat for about 10 seconds then add the vanilla. Beat until smooth (30 seconds?) I used imitation vanilla, if you are using real vanilla decrease the amount to 1 teaspoon.
4) Next add the flour mixture in 1/4 cup at a time or so. Make sure the flour is mostly blended in before the next addition. I let my mixer run on low the whole time I was adding the flour with a giant serving spoon. 1/4 cup measures aren't necessary, just don't dump it all in at once okay? That is way more hassle than is needed!

5) Once everything is all nice and blended, pour/scrape/dump the batter (which will look VERY cookie doughish) into your prepared pan.
6)You're going to need to spread the dough out, rather like brownie batter dough but slightly more recalcitrant. You can use an oiled spoon/spatula, your hands, or an ungreased rubber spatula if you like to lick have children/husbands who like to like tools afterward.

7) Combine the remaining cinnamon and sugar in a small bowl and sprinkle evenly over batter, like so. You'll probably end up using half or so.......

Unless you're me, and use it all. I highly recommend using it all. Plus some.

8) Bake for 30 minutes at 350ºF. Sides will rise slightly and blondies are done when toothpick in center comes out almost clean. Cool for about an hour.

I somehow didn't manage to take an after picture. Hm. It looks almost exactly the same though.

After about 45 minutes we started eating this with forks. I'm not sure what kind of shelf like it has, as it rarely lasts more than a few days! Once cooled, store tightly covered or in a sealed bag.

Enjoy!

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egads! what fresh horror is this?

This new blogger layout sucks. When I came in here today to poke around a bit I was slapped in the face with  introduced to the new layout. "The old layout will be disappearing soon. So try the new layout now!" Stop being such passive aggressive asshats so enthusiastic Google. Some of us Don't! Like! Change! Especially when those changes are suckish confusing. Who do you think you are? Facebook? Congress? Change for the sake of justifying your jobs change isn't productive, it's obnoxious.
*I reserve the right to change this opinion on the basis of justifying my theories of temporal anomalies, girl scout cookie racketeering, and the theoretical physics behind Cat Space.*

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...and I'm going to be hiiigh as a kite by then

If you just read that in William Shatner's voice then I congratulate you, you are awesome.

Ever od on caffeine? Even slightly? Your heart pounds, your breathing is suppressed, your mind feels like it is going at hyper speed but slightly out of your control? Like you could quite literally climb the walls, upper body strength and laws of physics be damned?
Minus the heart pounding and respiratory distress that has been me for the last 17 days. Why so specific? My doctor put me on a new medicine that basically equates to synthetic amphetamines. I cannot even begin to tell you how awesome these things are as mood stabilizers. I'm not sure I've had an inclination toward strangling strangers in more than 2 weeks! It's usually several times daily! To say I have an annoyance/anger problem is generally an understatement. This feeling of non-homicide is so foreign I'm having trouble adequately describing it.
Enter the problem: This medicine is only approved for use by the FDA for 12 weeks at a time. Why? Because it can kill you.
Apparently.
Everyday after it kicks in (1 hour after taking or so) I start to feel...floaty. I feel slightly lightheaded and like I could not, say, operate a crane or a bulldozer.

So, for now,
Me: 1
Unsuspecting strangers who unwittingly piss me off: Elevnty billion

I still think that's pretty fair.

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