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It's becoming
abundantly clear why I cannot lose a pound. Not one. Not a single one. I can’t
stop baking!
You know the
expression, “Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels”? Like, I really can’t
agree with it. I can think of a
zillion billion things that taste way better than how I imagine skinny would
feel (I can only imagine friends… I know what strong and healthy feel like, but
not ‘skinny’ per se).
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These
banana blondies just
happen to be one of those delightful things that might just outweigh thin. Cookies and Cups is making it
impossible for me to drop any weight and achieve that “tasty” skinniness.
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First of all, I would not describe these as
blondies. They’re something more like a moist flavorful cake with a healthy
smear of delish brown sugar frosting. They were buttery and dense, like a
blondie, but they didn’t have that cookie-like crumble; they were just smooth
and bouncy like this
banana cake.
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Secondly, if
there is an option of browning your butter instead of using plain-old butter,
always, always go the browned butter
route. Just the smell of browned butter is lusty—sensual, seductive and
sonorous. It makes everything ten times more scrumptious and infinitely
amplifies sex appeal.
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C: This frosting
was a jaw dropping. So wonderful, I wanted to take some off of the blondies to
eat with other goodies. The luscious icing had some sugar heating involved like
the frosting of my caramel
cake and the deep yumminess of browned sugar like the pear
cake but somehow, it outshone both and was utterly mouth-watering
perfection. There are no words.
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Finally,
the combination of the cakey base and the smooth and creamy caramelized brown
sugar frosting was practically out of control. Like ridiculously, wildly,
disgustingly delicious. Every bite (I cut the blondies into tiny tiny itty
bitty square, aka bites) was like heaven. The banana flavor was just strong
enough to linger on the tongue and waft delicately into hearts. The frosting
sealed in the moistness with a rich and creamy caramel note, pulling out the
beautiful moments of browned butter in the bar. And with these powers combined,
the banana blondies were practically invincible.
I
think this is what skinny feels like…
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