{"id":35603,"date":"2021-02-01T10:08:43","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T15:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=35603"},"modified":"2021-02-01T10:08:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T15:08:43","slug":"apple-blondies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2021\/02\/01\/apple-blondies\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Blondies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"35606\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2021\/02\/01\/apple-blondies\/appleblondies\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/AppleBlondies.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"AppleBlondies\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/AppleBlondies.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35606\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/AppleBlondies.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/AppleBlondies.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/AppleBlondies.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our first snowstorm of 2021, and I&#8217;ve been making soup, bread, and apple blondies. Because what else are you gonna do besides shovel snow, watch movies, and eat? <!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3\/4 cup butter, melted<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups light brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>3 large eggs<\/li>\n<li>3 teaspoons vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 teaspoon cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>3 teaspoons baking powder<\/li>\n<li>3 cups flour<\/li>\n<li>3 cups apples, diced<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon cinnamon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 350\u00ba, grease a 9&#8243; x 13&#8243; pan.<\/li>\n<li>In a large bowl with an electric mixer, mix melted butter and both sugars. Add eggs, vanilla, cinnamon, and baking powder. Mix in flour.<\/li>\n<li>Stir in apples, and pour the batter into prepared pan.<\/li>\n<li>Mix sugar and cinnamon, and sprinkle on top of batter. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our first snowstorm of 2021, and I&#8217;ve been making soup, bread, and apple blondies. Because what else are you gonna do besides shovel snow, watch movies, and eat?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1238],"tags":[97,2202,1244,3667,5043,2212],"class_list":["post-35603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lovin-from-the-oven","tag-baking","tag-bread","tag-dessert","tag-food","tag-snow-day","tag-soup"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-9gf","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":47105,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2026\/02\/16\/apple-crumb-muffins\/","url_meta":{"origin":35603,"position":0},"title":"Apple Crumb Muffins","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"February 16, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"I whipped these muffins up while waiting for some sandwich rolls to rise. 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