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Birthday Cake Oreo Blondies

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Decadent blondies topped with cream cheese and Birthday Cake Oreos….your new favorite birthday treat!

When you have a big family like mine, it is easy to feel like you are ALWAYS celebrating birthdays! Because you kind of ARE….. Between both sets of parents, siblings, spouses, and all our kids, there are only 3 months out of the year when we AREN’T celebrating a family birthday! For the longest time, we used to buy gifts for everyone…..well, we stopped doing that a while ago with Jorden’s family, and this year my family finally wised up, too! As my sister said, “At some point, when you are buying someone their 18th workout outfit, it’s time to just be done.” And so we are!

I have to admit….being done with the birthday exchange doesn’t feel quite right to me. And not because I will miss getting the gifts, but because I will miss giving them! Don’t get me wrong – there was definitely something stressful about choosing the right gift for each person (and I’m sure half the time we didn’t choose the right gift anyway!) But I liked the fact that, for one day out of the year, we had to think about one another. We had to say (or write) nice things about one another. We had to really celebrate one another!

This new “no gift” system will take some getting used to….and, truthfully, I am looking for little ways to get around it. Like sticking a card in the mail. Like sneaking my own little presents to them on the side. Or like making them a special birthday treat! First on the list? These Birthday Cake Oreo Blondies. Blondies, cheesecake, Birthday Cake Oreos. Amazingly delicious. Quite possibly the best birthday gift yet!

 

 

Birthday Cake Oreo Blondies
2 c. packed brown sugar
2/3 c. butter
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
2 c. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
Topping
1 (8 oz.) package cream cheese, softened
2 eggs
3 1/2 c. powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
20 Birthday Cake Golden Oreos, crushed

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9×13 inch baking pan; set aside.
2. Heat brown sugar and butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat until sugar dissolves; stirring constantly. Cool slightly.
3. Stir in eggs and vanilla.
4. Add flour, baking powder, and baking soda and stir to combine.
5. Spread batter in prepared baking pan.
6. In a separate bowl, beat cream cheese in a large bowl until smooth. Beat in 2 eggs, powdered sugar, and vanilla until smooth.
7. Spread cream cheese mixture evenly over blondie mixture.
8. Top with crushed Oreos.
9. Bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes or until edges and top are golden brown.

(*Blondie recipe adapted from Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book. Topping recipe adapted from The Great American Cookie Cookbook.)

 

 

 

Enjoy!

 

Looking for some more delicious bar recipes? Check out my Mint Oreo Meltaways

Thanks for taking a peek inside my Lemon Tree Dwelling…
I hope you feel right at home!
-Cathy

Comments

  16. Mmmm, I have cake batter blondies before and they were similar but yours look pretty amazing. I am going to have to try them and compare the two recipes!

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  23. Oh dear lord these look amazing! I’m dying to gt my hands on some birthday cake oreos but you can’t get them here in Ireland 🙁 thanks for linking up at the Sweet & Savoury Sunday Link Party, hope to see you there again this weekend 😀

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  29. Hi! This recipe looks delicious and I am planning on trying it out tomorrow for a friend’s birthday! Quick question though – is the flour all purpose or self rising?

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    • Hey Peyton – sorry I couldn’t email you back. You are a “no reply” contact so your email doesn’t come through 🙂 I used all-purpose flour! So fun that you are making them for a friend’s bday…if she likes sweet things, she will LOVE these!! 🙂

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    • Oh sorry, I just created this account so I’m still figuring out how it works! Thanks for answering so quickly. Oh she loves everything sweet, and loves oreos, so I’m sure will be obsessed with these. Plus they are so cute! Thanks so much!! 🙂

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  30. I made these for a friend’s birthday party and they were quickly gobbled up! By the end of the night there was only one left on the plate. I ate it 🙂 fantastic recipe, I shared it with all my girlfriends 🙂

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