Fruit Blondies

By The Canadian Living Test Kitchen

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This recipe makes 16 servings

Nutritional Info
Per piece: about	-
cal	231231 cal
pro	2 g2g pro
total fat	10 g10g total fat
sat. fat	5 g5g sat. fat
carb	35 g35g carb
fibre	1 g1g fibre
chol	31 mg31mg chol
sodium	166 mg166mg sodium
% RDI:	-
calcium	33 calcium
iron	66 iron
vit A	77 vit A
vit C	88 vit C
folate	66 folate

Fruit Blondies With fruit and nuts in every bite, these squares from Elizabeth Baird, our food and nutrition editor, are so irresistible that you'll want to make them again and again. So vary them by using other nuts, slivered dried apricots or chocolate chips.

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter , softened1/2 1/2cup cupbutter, softened
3/4 cup packed brown sugar 3/4 3/4cup cuppacked brown sugar
1 egg 1 1eggeggs
1 tsp vanilla 1 1tsp tspvanilla
1 cup all-purpose flour 1 1cup cupall-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 1/2tsp tspbaking powder
1/4 tsp salt 1/4 1/4tsp tspsalt
1/4 tsp ground ginger 1/4 1/4tsp tspground ginger
1 cup chopped candied fruit 1 1cup cupchopped candied fruit
1/2 cup toasted chopped almonds 1/2 1/2cup cuptoasted chopped almondalmonds
1/4 cup golden raisins 1/4 1/4cup cupgolden raisingolden raisins
Orange Icing:
1 cup icing sugar 1 1cup cupicing sugar
2 tbsp butter , softened2 2tbsp tbspbutter, softened
4 4tsp tspfrozen orange juice concentrate, thawed

Preparation

Grease 8-inch (2 L) square metal cake pan; set aside.

In large bowl, beat butter with sugar until fluffy; beat in egg and vanilla. In separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and ginger; stir into butter mixture. Mix in fruit, almonds and raisins. Spread in prepared pan.

Bake in centre of 350°F (180°C) oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until tester inserted in centre comes out clean. Let cool in pan on rack.

Orange Icing: In bowl, blend sugar with butter; stir in orange juice concentrate until smooth. Spread over base.

Store in airtight container at room temperature for 2 days before cutting into squares. (Make-ahead: Layer between waxed paper in airtight container and freeze for up to 1 month.)

Additional information : Tip: To toast chopped almonds, spread on rimmed baking sheet and toast in 350°F (180°C) oven for about 5 minutes or until fragrant and slightly darkened. Watch carefully because the nuts will brown quickly once they're hot.

Source : Canadian Living Magazine: May 2002