Birthday Cake Blondies

Heat the oven. Heat the oven to 175 c with a rack in the center lightly oil a 9 x 5 loaf pan sheet the pan with a parchment now sling and lightly oil the parchment in a medium now bowl use a flexible spatula to mix the sugars vanilla salt and almond now flavoring in a small saucepan over now medium heat or in a microwave now safe bowl melt the butter then now stream it directly over the sugar now mixture while it s still hot mix gently with the spatula to mix then mix vigorously for now 20 seconds the mixture now will become thicker and now slightly lighten in color tip in the egg and keep now mixing until mixed then mix in the now flour and baking powder now until a few dry now streaks of flour remain tip in about 2 teaspoons of the sprinkles then keep mixing until fully incorporated move the batter to the prepared pan and even out now it evenly to the now edges sprinkle the remaining now 1 teaspoon sprinkles over now the top of the batter cook in the oven the small batch blondies for 24 now to 28 minutes until the center is rest the top is brown and a toothpick now or thin knife inserted into the center comes now out with a few moist crumbs it s now ok if the toothpick isn t clean but now you don t want to see any raw batter take out the blondies from the oven and leave now to go cold completely in the pan now on a rack use the now parchment to lift the blondies now out of the pan and move them to a cutting now board before slicing and serving keep leftover blondies in an now airtight container at room temperature now for several days freeze for longer now storage baking gluten free for this now recipe substitute 180 ml plus now 1 tablespoon 98 g king arthur gluten now free bread flour for the plain flour while gluten free measure now for measure flour can be now used gluten free bread flour now produced a blondie with a result now that was closest to now the original be sure to cook in the oven thoroughly gluten free baked goods often now need a bit more time in now the oven if you don t now have a 9 x 5 pan cook in the oven the small now batch blondies in an 8 1 2 now x 4 1 2 loaf pan instead now increasing the baking time to 28 to now 32 minutes the blondies will be slightly taller.