Sunday, May 15, 2011

Banana Blondies with Nilla Wafer Crust



I was leaving Wal-Mart the other and while I was standing in the checkout line, I was looking at all of the items in my cart.


I glanced at the Nilla Wafers and had a revelation.  My mind said "Katie, make banana blondies with Nilla Wafer crust."


So I did.


Make fun of me if you want, but I know you other food bloggers can relate.  :)


I was expecting a masterpiece, but I will admit the recipe needs a little work.  They were good, but not the flavor/texture I was looking for.  I'll give you the recipe I used today, but I'll be fixing it in the near future and I'll post the new one then!  









Banana Blondies with Nilla Wafer Crust


Crust:  
2 cups crushed Nilla Wafers
1/4 cup butter (1/2 stick)


Blondies: 

4 tablespoons (1 stick, 4 ounces or 113 grams) butter, melted
1 mashed banana
1 cup (218 grams or 7 3/4 ounces for light; 238 grams or 8 3/8 ounces for dark) brown sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla or 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
Pinch salt
1 cup (4 3/8 ounces or 125 grams) all-purpose flour

1/2 cup white chocolate pieces (I'm obsessed, okay?)
  1. Butter an 8×8 pan.
  2. Mix melted butter with brown sugar – beat until smooth. Beat in egg and then vanilla.
  3. Add salt, stir in flour. 
  4. Mix in mashed banana.  (I mixed mine in with the sugar and butter... don't do that!!)
  5. Add in white chocolate.
  6. Pour into prepared pan. Bake at 350°F 20-25 minutes, or until set in the middle.


24 comments:

  1. Wow those blondies look delicious. I love the banana and white chocolate pieces :D

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  2. When an idea strikes you have to go with it, they look good.

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  3. rawwwrrr can i have some?! haha this looks soo good!  isn't it funny how food talks to us sometimes and prompts us to make something? crazy. :P 

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  4.  Oh this IS brilliant!  I love Nilla Wafers!  I will wait until you polish the recipe until I come back to try it :)

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  5. I can totally relate on food inspiration coming at weird times. These look delicious. Good idea!

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  6. Seeing as I have about a dozen almost too-ripe bananas on my kitchen counter, I think there may be a banana-blondie-baking marathon in the near future. Gotta love 'Nilla wafers!

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  7. oh.my.gosh.  this looks heavenly!!  can't wait to try it out - blondies are so underrated but i love 'em!

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  8. jenny.. just want you to know i always love your comments:) 

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  9. you CAN have some! :) haha yes it is crazy! 

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  10. thanks sherri! :) i'll do it asap! 

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  11. do iiittt!!!!!!!!!!! i love them, too! 

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  12. thanks lucy! :) they are underrated.. i love them, too. maybe even more than brownies. 

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  13.  What are nilla wafers? I haven't heard of them before, but I want to try them! :)

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  14.  After brownies, beautiful blondies!!! I love the banana in it too!

    http://ohyummy.canalblog.com/

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  15. Aww love you, I'm working on that post :D 

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  16. These look wonderful, Katie! My wife is allergic to chocolate, so I'm always on the lookout for sweet-treat alternatives. This is a really good one.

    Ben
    http://kissthecook-ben.blogspot.com/

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  17.  Haha! I love that you had a revelation while in line at Walmart. I spend enough time waiting in line at grocery stores that I have plenty of time for some serious revelations! ;)

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  18. really??? i never even stopped to think that someone might not know what they were. silly me. but they're a soft texture miniature cookie with a strong vanilla flavor.  sooo good! i should send you some!

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  19. thanks so much gen:) you're so sweet! 

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  20. thank you ben!  you should make these for her :) 

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  21. lol!  girlfriend i feel you, i'm ALWAYS there! 

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  22. Oh my gosh - these look insanely good! I just found your blog and I am already HOOKED!! 

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  23. I can totally relate on food inspiration coming at weird times. These look delicious. Good idea!

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  24. i need to try this recipe ASAP they look amazing...i'm going to start posting more recipes to my blog now that i'm around to update...check out my new posts - emilyisblunt.blogspot.com

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