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Bacon-Date Whole-Grain Blondies
Bacon-Date Whole-Grain Blondies
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From: EatingWell Magazine, May/June 2015
This whole-grain bacon (yes, bacon!) and date blondie recipe has half the amount of brown sugar and butter as a traditional recipe and is made with 100% whole-wheat flour. The results: scrumptious toffee-flavored treats with fewer calories and less added sugars per serving.
- By: EatingWell Test Kitchen
Ingredients 24 servings
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- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1½ cups white whole-wheat flour (see Tip)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
- ⅔ cup chopped pitted dates
- ⅔ cup coarsely chopped cooked bacon
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- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 9-by-13-inch baking pan with parchment paper or foil, allowing it to slightly overhang opposite edges. Coat with cooking spray.
- Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Cook, swirling often, until fragrant and starting to brown, 4 to 5 minutes. Remove from the heat. Whisk in brown sugar; let cool for 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, whisk flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl.
- Whisk eggs and vanilla into the cooled butter mixture until well combined. Add the flour mixture in two additions, gently folding until just combined. Reserve 2 tablespoons each dates and bacon; fold the remaining dates and bacon into the batter. Evenly spread the batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle the reserved dates and bacon on top.
- Bake the blondies until light brown around the edges, 18 to 22 minutes. They will appear slightly underbaked in the center; but will firm up as they cool. Let cool completely in the pan on a wire rack, about 2 hours. To cut, grab the overhanging parchment or foil and transfer the whole batch to a cutting board, then cut into 24 bars.
- Make Ahead Tip: Cover and store airtight for up to 3 days; freeze for up to 3 months.
- Try white whole-wheat flour in place of all-purpose flour in baked goods. It's made from hard white wheat berries, which makes it lighter in color and flavor than regular whole-wheat flour, but with the same nutritional properties. Look for it near other whole-grain flours. For the best flavor, store it airtight in the freezer.
- To Cut Perfect Bars: Grab the overhanging parchment or foil and transfer the whole batch to a cutting board, then cut into bars.
- Serving size: 1 blondie
- Per serving: 127 calories; 5 g fat(3 g sat); 1 g fiber; 18 g carbohydrates; 3 g protein; 3 mcg folate; 28 mg cholesterol; 12 g sugars; 9 g added sugars; 142 IU vitamin A; 0 mg vitamin C; 24 mg calcium; 1 mg iron; 119 mg sodium; 71 mg potassium
- Carbohydrate Servings: 1
- Exchanges: ½ starch, ½ other carbohydrate, 1 fat
