My son, Nick declared these Blackberry Blondie Cookie Bars “the best dessert” I’ve made in a long time! (I think he ate four last night – and he usually has extreme self control over sweets) Score! 🙂
Anyway, I have literally been longing to bake something…
I had a big, juicy carton of fresh blackberries in the fridge I bought to eat with my morning cereal, but when I found this recipe for Blackberry Blondies from Nicole Weston at BakingBites.com, I knew this is what I wanted to make. Thanks for sharing Nicole!
Blondies are basically the opposite of brownies in that they are the same idea of a bar-type cookie, but typically vanilla flavored instead of chocolate. Blondies can be plain or they can be the base for many different additions – like these yummy blackberries.
And since this recipe uses fresh, vitamin-packed blackberries (not a sugar-laden preserve or fruit filling) – they are a teensy bit healthy – eh? 🙂
I only had a bite of one, so I could know what they taste like, and it was so worth it! YUM! (And yes – I did go to the gym today)
These remind me of blackberry cobbler in a cookie. How divine is that?!?!
Here is the recipe from Nicole at Baking Bites with just a few small tweaks I made. I was out of vanilla extract (seriously don’t know how that happened!), so I used all almond extract, and you know what? I don’t think I would change it.
Hope you will try, and hope you enjoy. Let me know if you do.
Blackberry Blondies
1/2 cup butter, melted and cooled
1 cup sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1 large egg
1 tsp almond extract
1 cup all purpose flour
1 1/2 cups fresh blackberries
Preheat oven to 350F.
Line a square 8×8-inch baking pan with parchment paper and lightly grease.
Whisk together butter and sugar in a large bowl until well combined.
Beat in salt, egg, and almond extract until well combined.
Stir in flour and mix just until fully incorporated.
Gently fold in blackberries.
Transfer dough to prepared pan and spread carefully into an even layer.
Bake for about 35-40 minutes, until bars are set and golden.
Cool completely in the pan before cutting.
Makes 16.
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
the creative life in between 
These are so beautiful, Jodi. And I love blackberries. ❤
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These look amazing! Will be making them today! 🙂 Yum!
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I hope you enjoy as much as we did! 🙂 Let me know
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OMG! Now I am going to have to try making these. I am wondering, can the blackberries be substituted with the frozen kind? I don’t know that I will be able to find fresh blackberries here. Sorry I’m late reading your blog post. I have been up and down all night and finally was able to sleep in this morning. Hope you are having a wonderful week! ((Hugs!!)) xo
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Sorry to hear about your rough night PJ! Glad you were able to sleep in.
I would think you could use frozen blackberries… I would just make sure they are fully thawed, and then dry them good, so they don’t add too much extra moisture.
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Thanks Jodi! I would like to get back to regular uninterrupted sleeping hours. 😀
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Mmmmmmm yah!!! Looks deliciousness!!
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These literally just made my mouth water, Jodi. No wonder Nick devoured four of them. And what an endorsement!! Nick is the one that looks like you, right? I’m trying to get this straight in my head…
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Lol yes but he is thin. Heading to the gym now to meet him. 😝
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OH these sound great!! I will need to go to the gym after making all your goodies on here 🙂 LOL! Good for you in still keeping to the routine of going to the gym!
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Holy smokes, that’s gotta be crazy amazing! Hope you saved some for me!
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two left – c’mon over! 🙂
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I wish! 🙂
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Yum! These look so good!!
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