Desserts
S'mores Blondies
★★★★½ (4.7)
Buttery brown-sugar blondies studded with graham cracker pieces, chocolate chunks, and toasted marshmallows -- all the campfire flavor of s'mores in a fudgy, sliceable bar.
- Adding the marshmallows partway through baking gives a toasted, golden top instead of a burnt or melted mess
- Thick, fudgy blondie base loaded with graham cracker crunch and chocolate
- All the s'mores flavor with none of the campfire required
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Line a 9x13-inch baking pan with parchment paper, leaving overhang on two sides.
- In a large bowl, whisk the melted butter and brown sugar together until smooth.
- Whisk in the eggs one at a time, then whisk in the vanilla extract.
- Add the flour, baking powder, and salt, and stir with a spatula just until no dry streaks remain -- the batter will be thick, more like cookie dough than cake batter.
- Fold in 3/4 cup of the crushed graham crackers, the chocolate chips, and 1 cup of the mini marshmallows (reserve the rest for topping).
- Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan, pressing it into the corners with a spatula.
- Bake for 20 minutes, then remove from the oven and sprinkle the remaining 1 cup of mini marshmallows and remaining 1/4 cup crushed graham crackers evenly over the top.
- Return to the oven and bake for another 6-8 minutes, until the marshmallows are puffed and golden brown on top and a toothpick inserted into the blondie (avoiding a marshmallow or chocolate pocket) comes out with a few moist crumbs.
- Cool the blondies in the pan on a wire rack for at least 45 minutes -- they need this time to firm up enough to cut cleanly, since the marshmallow topping stays sticky while warm.
- Lift out using the parchment overhang and cut into 16 squares with a knife lightly greased or run under hot water for clean cuts through the sticky marshmallow layer.
Grease or wet your knife before cutting -- the toasted marshmallow topping is very sticky and will pull apart with a dry blade.
Watch the marshmallows closely in the final minutes of baking; they go from golden to burnt quickly under the broiler-like heat near the top of the oven.
Nutrition (per serving)
290Calories
3gProtein
12gFat
43gCarbs
1gFiber
170mgSodium
Nutrition information is estimated and provided for convenience only.
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