George's Best Blondies
3 cups cake flour
1 tbsp baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
3/4 lb (3 sticks) butter
3 cup packed light brown sugar
3 large eggs
1 tbsp vanilla
Optional: 3 cups add ins, including dried fruit (cranberries, cherries, raisins, apricots or dates); coarsely chopped nuts (pecans, almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts); and or semisweet, bittersweet or white chocolate chips.
Adjust oven rack to lowest position. Heat oven to 325 degrees. Spray a 9x13 inch baking pan with vegetable cooking spray. Fit a 12x18 inch piece of heavy dute foil into the pan so you can use the foil overhang as a handle to pull the baked blondies from the pan; coat foil with cooking spray.
Whisk flour, baking powder and salt in a small bowl. Then, heat butter and brown sugar in a large pan until bubbling hot.
Whisk eggs and vanilla in a large bowl. Slowly whisk hot sugar mixture, then dry ingredients, into eggs. Stir in optional add-ins ( if using chocolate, let batter cool slightly first).
Scrape batter into duty pan, then bake until blondies are just set, about 45 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool for five minutes. Pull blondies from the pan using foil handles and set on a wire rack.
Cool completely before cutting into 24 pieces.