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Sweet Cherry Blondies

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Adapted from nwcherries.com » Makes 16 bars

You can almost feel good about eating a bar cookie when there are sweet cherries in ‘em.

Ingredients:
    1 1/3 cup flour
    1 1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
    1 teaspoon baking powder
    ½ teaspoon salt
    ½ cup vegetable oil
    2 eggs
    1 teaspoon vanilla
    1 cup pitted and halved, fresh Bing cherries
    ½ cup chopped pecans

    Chocolate Chip variation (optional):
    Sprinkle ½ cup chocolate chips over batter with pecans.


Preparation:

Preheat oven to 325F.

Combine flour, brown sugar, baking powder, salt, oil, eggs and vanilla; mix on low speed of electric mixer until blended. Mix 1 minute on medium speed. Batter will be thick.

Spread half batter in oiled and floured 9-inch baking pan. Toss cherries in small amount of flour. Scatter cherries over batter; spread remaining batter over cherries.

Sprinkle pecans over top. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool on rack and cut into 16 pieces.