Carrie’s Sweet Life

My mommy yelled at me this week, for a boring blog that was lacking updates… I am VERY sorry, work had been crazy and were trying to get ready to move. I am sorry to all you blog readers, as well as my dear mother

I actually made these earlier this week but just hadn’t taken a picture of them, I was not the happiest with the result, they aren’t bad, but I like the other blondie recipe better. I had bought a thing of Almond paste a while back, and had NO clue what to make with it. I finally decided to make some cherry almond blondies, I was expecting a killer blondie, but came out with an ok blondie.

I followed an outline recipe from Gillan at Gillan’s Goodies. To find her recipe from Amaretto Brownies go here. Below is my recipe for Cherry Almond Blondies

Cherry Almond Blondies (From: Myself)

• 1 stick butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup almond paste
• 2 T. half and half
• 1 tsp. vanilla or almond extract
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 t. baking powder
• 2/3 c. flour
• 1 c. cherry chips

Preheat oven to 350. Grease an 8 or 9 inch square pan.

Melt almond paste and butter in a sauce pan, cool slightly.

Beat in brown sugar until smooth and mixed in.

Mix in half and half and extract, then add eggs one at a time.

Beat in flour and baking powder. Add cherry chips.

Pour into prepared pan, bake 20-30 minutes and until the center comes out clean on a tooth pick.