White Chocolate Vanilla Bean Blondies

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Today begins the official start of summer for us, and this morning to celebrate the start of summer, I slept until 6:30, can you believe it! Lisa and I both begin our first full week of being off from work, and today is just a lazy day! The weather’s a little dreary today, but since were off it’s still a beautiful day!!!

Our first outing of the summer will be this Sunday as we head down to Asheville, North Carolina to begin preparations for our Blogger festival in August. We will be part of the Asheville Wine and Food Festival on August 12th & 13th, and its going to be the must attend event of the season! Make sure to mark your calendars now so you won’t forget. Our official website will be updated shortly and I will be able to direct everyone to the site to register for the event. If anyone is going to be in Asheville Sunday or Monday be sure to drop me a line, I welcome the opportunity to meet you all in person!

To start my week off, I was in the mood for something a little sweet and having been given a block of white chocolate to work with, I thought what better way to kick off the sweet season at home. I had come across a recipe for this white chocolate decadence at Your Homebased Mom, and let me tell you she certainly raised the bar with this incredible creation! I did tweak the recipe a bit and used a bit more white chocolate in the my bar, and adjusted the frosting a bit since the original recipe was a bit too sweet for us.
It was a dense white chocolate treat that truly was decadent, and the actually size of the bites were about a quarter of a normal bar (that’s just how rich it was). I hope you enjoy my first white chocolate creation of the summer, those little beauties were delicious and very simple to make.

White Chocolate Blondies
Ingredients:
1 Cup Butter
1 Cup White Chocolate-chopped
4 Large Eggs
2 Cups Sugar
1 1/2 Cups Flour
2 tsp Vanilla Bean Powder or 1 tbsp Pure Vanilla
White Chocolate-Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients:
1/2 Cup Butter
1/2 Cup White Chocolate-chopped
3 Cups Confectioners’ sugar
8 oz Cream Cheese
2 Tbsp Heavy Cream
2 tsp  Vanilla Bean Powder or  1 Tbsp Pure Vanilla
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 

White Chocolate Blondie:
1. Melt the bar portion of the white chocolate and butter in a stainless steel bowl over a pot of simmering water, don’t let it get too hot,it burns easily!
2. Allow chocolate to cool slightly
3. Whisk in eggs one at a time and then add in the sugar slowly.
4. Add flour and vanilla bean powder, mix just enough to incorporate flour.
5. Place into a buttered 9 x 13 baking pan. Bake for35-40 minutes, or until blondies are cooked through.
6. Allow to cool and then apply a liberal layer of frosting.
White Chocolate-Cream Cheese Frosting:
1. Melt white chocolate  and butter in stainless steel bowl over pot of simmering water
2. Remove the chocolate mixture from heat and in add the powdered sugar and heavy cream.
3. In the bowl of your stand mixer whip 8 oz of cream cheese with your vanilla, then add in the chocolate mixture and allow to mix thoroughly.
4. Apply a liberal amount of frosting to blondies, chill briefly and cut into small pieces.
The flavor of the ground vanilla beans really highlighted the flavor of the white chocolate, but if you don’t have any of the powder just substitute pure vanilla, any way you make them they will be decadently delicious!
Have a Great Week my friends, and thanks so much for stopping by today!!
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  2. Bookmarked! Thank you for starting the summer off with the perfect brownie (no dark chocolate in sight)! I love these, especially with a cream cheese frosting. They'll be waiting for Dudette when she comes home from camp tonight!

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  3. Vanilla bean and white chocolate are 2 of my favorites. These sounds delicious ~ I can't wait to make them!

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  7. 6:30? Dennis you're going to turn into a real slacker this summer – lol. Hope you're enjoying some r&r and I know you're enjoying some great food! Kate # kateiscooking

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  10. Oh these bars just look decadent. White chocolate can be so rich and perfect in bars!
    Enjoy your summer vacation!

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  11. Oh my heavens, that white chocolate topping looks phenomenal! You did a beautiful job with these (as always). Have a great time at the Food and Wine Festival!

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  13. What a decadent way to kick off summer! One of my son's is a big white chocolate fan… perhaps last day of school surprise!

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  19. You got me! I prefer blondies to brownies. I prefer white chocolate to any other chocolate. And cream cheese frosting is just my favorite. today is my first real day of summer holiday too. Your recipe came just on time! I have to make it! Have a great week, Chef!

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  21. Have a great summer vacation, let's hope we all have some great weather. Enjoy the upcoming event. This looks very tempting. andi

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  22. Killer recipe! My husband and kids are going to love this, they are crazy about white chocolate. Will credit you when I blog this 🙂

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  23. These blondies look fantastic! I'm gonna have to find something sweet to eat after reading this post.

    I LOVE Asheville. It is one of my absolute favorite places to visit. Unfortunately we are pretty busy in August. I'd love to join you all for the festival! Sounds like tons of fun.

    Happy first day of summer! ENJOY!

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  24. White chocolate and vanilla sort of top chocolate for me…yes, I know, odd, but I'm simply a vanilla person, so these are dream bars to me. Trust me when I say these will be firmly routed as one of my fav bar cookies very soon. They look just..wow.

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  28. Wow Chef! There are no words to describe my excitement over these. They look fabulous! I cannot wait to try them! : )

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  30. o my goodness, i love blondies so much! even better than brownies, but don't tell my husband that. he would shake his head at my blasphemy. these look incredible!

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  32. Piggy Chef…I must try my hands at making blondies…it will definitely sweeten my day..Have a great time at Asheville …I can sense you are excited to be part of the team for the coming blogger festival wine and food event 🙂

    Have a great holiday with Liza,
    Elin

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  34. Dennis, I love when you bake!!! These sound amazing…I am a sucker for anything with white chocolate…and knowing you tweaked it just right, I will be trying these soon. Thanks~

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  35. Although I'm a devoted dark chocoholic, I will gladly take a break for blondies like these. I hope we get many, many more of these "what I baked on my summer vacation" posts.

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  38. white chocolate AND cream cheese. I don't know if I should make these or run far far away. The whole pan could find it's way into my stomach!

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  40. Very nice name & recipe, Dennis! It has been a while since we last exchanged words. Hope u're well. Have a good week!

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  43. Now this looks like a seriously decadent treat. Blondies have become a firm favorite in my household so you can bet these will be made soon.

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  44. I'm trying my best to give up chocolate and looking at these bars I have doubts I'll succeed. They look and sound amazing. Thanks for sharing Chef.
    Have fun in NC 🙂

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  45. This looks so delicious. Arvind likes white chocolate only and if I can make that he will be doing his happy dance . 🙂

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  48. Wow! This is a sure way to kick off summer! Will be anxious to hear the report from your NC recon trip!

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  50. Oh, Chef, those blondies look amazing! I am a sucker for white chocolate though 🙂
    Glad you are finally getting to relax a little… enjoy the summer!

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  52. Happy summer to you! I hope it is everything you want it to be. I know you have been patiently waiting for it to be summer time haha, so make sure you enjoy it!

    These Blondies are just outstanding! I need to try these!

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  53. First day of summer and San Diego's high may or may not break 70ºF – not that I'm bragging! White chocolate gets little respect. Those blondies look amazing!

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  54. What an absolutely delicious looking treat you have there! I must give these a try soon. Congratulations on the beginning of your summer vacation! Your trip to Asheville sounds like so much fun. Have a wonderful summer, Chef!

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  55. I cannot imagine a better way to start off this season with your mouthwatering blondie. Happy Summer!

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  56. White chocolate and vanilla are everything that my husband is looking for in a dessert recipe! thank you for the inspiration, I'll make these blondies soon 🙂

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  58. These look sinfully delicious and I'm tempted to go into the kitchen to bake them right now at midnight! 🙂 Bon voyage, and enjoy! Happy Summer!

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  59. oooh – I like the look of these ! I'm another tempted to make them right now.

    Bookmarked !

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  61. Oh, Chef, these could be the end of me. I like brownies but these… This is more my type of sweet treat.

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  63. I could eat that White Chocolate-Cream Cheese Buttercream by the bucket-full! Have a great time in Asheville! Unfortunately, I will not be in NC, I'll be in MA for the week :(…

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  64. I am not much of a baker but would actually love to try these.
    I have been blogging for a while now but have only began taking it a little more serious of late and at sometime down the line would love to attend a blogger festival. Maybe next time I can go south and visit you guys 🙂

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  65. Blondies are a great way to kick off your summer. I love the white chocolate addition to the blondies.
    Enjoy your summer!

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  67. These look absolutely amazing, Chef. I love fresh ground vanilla too. Sometimes vanilla extract just doesn't cut it. Congrats on the Top 9! Such wonderful company to be in and so well deserved.

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  69. Oh my worrrrd these are incredible! The frosting is drool-worthy! :))

    Congrats on Top 9!

    P.S. Oh how I wish to join you all in Asheville

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  70. oh my… i think i gained 10lbs just looking at these decadent blondies! what a perfect sweet treat to start off the summer – hope you and your wife enjoy your summer off!

    congrats on top 9!

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  73. The blondies look so amazing and then you add the cream cheese frosting – double wow! Congratulations on Top 9!

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  74. i love white chocolate and certainly don't eat enough of it in my opinion 🙂 and now you have definitely given me a reason to go get some!!! I hope your weekend is ah-mazzzzing

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  76. Congrats on the Top 9! I know these are as good as they look. it may just be one couples opinion, but 6.30 am doesn't constitute the start to a lazy day, does it?

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  78. These blondies look amazing. The white chocolate cream cheese icing is my favorite part. These would be great to bring to a summer BBQ!

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  80. Oh, don't mind me. I'm sure here, drooling over your posts. It's doing wonders for my waistline, I'm sure.
    If looking was calories, then…

    (I won't imagine.)

    Really good post about Foodbuzz. It's a strange network, really, and you've obviously done well with it, so thanks for the insight!

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  81. Looked soo good they are in the oven as we speak! They smell incredible! My daughter was so excited to help me make them!

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  84. I tried these out today. I loved the flavor of these blondies, I even added a bit of coconut and lime to make it a bit tropical. One thing I did note was that it was difficult for me to remove these from the pan..I sprayed with my usual bakers spray I use for all my bar cookies/brownies and these still gave some trouble to remove. Ill tweak some things and try again…but the flavor really as phenomenal..thanks for sharing!

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    • I love the idea of coconut and lime, sounds really great! You might try lining the pan with foil and just lift them out and then cut them. I do that with most of my brownies, I don’t recall having any problems getting mine out of the pan, let me know how htings turn out when you tweak the recipe! I’m going to have to try them your way too!

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