Blondie cookies

1/2 cup salted butter (1 stick), softened

6 Tbs white sugar

6 TBS brown sugar

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1 egg

1 cup + 6 Tbs gf flour with xanthan gum

1 1/4 tsp xanthan gum

1/2 tsp baking soda

salt

Preheat oven to 375.

Cream together butter, sugars and vanilla until fluffy. Add egg and beat until incorporated.

Add flour and other dry ingredients and mix until well-blended.

Scoop onto cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.

Bake 10-15 minutes until golden brown. Let rest 5 minutes on cookie sheet then transfer to wire rack to cool. Or make bars by spreading in ungreased 9 x 9 pan and bake 15-20 minutes until golden brown.

Also use to make Magic Bars and Peanut Butter Chocolate bars:

Magic Bars (no coconut)

Blondie cookie recipe, unbaked

14-oz can sweetened condensed milk

1 1/2 cup chocolate chips

1 cup toasted pecans

Preheat oven to 350 and put prepared blondie cookie dough into an 11 by 7 pan. 

Bake 15 minutes. When it comes out of hte oven, let it cool a bit, then pour overn sweetened condensed milk. Sprinkle with chocolate chips and pecans. Bake 30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool, then slice and serve. Makes at least 24.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars

Baked blondie cookies

1 cup + 2 Tbs peanut butter, divided

1 cup + 2 TBs melted butter, divided

2 cups confectioners' sugar

4 cups semisweet chocoalte chips

Crush cookies to make fine crumbs.

Mix together  cookie crumbs, 1 cup of peanut butter, 1 cup of melted butter and 2 cups confectioners sugar until combined. Press into 9 by 9 baking pan.

Melt chocolate chips with 2 TBs peanut butter and 2 TBS butter over low heat, stirring constantly. Spread over peanut butter layer. Refrigerate 1 hour.

Cut into squares and keep in refrigerator. Makes at least 16.