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Maple Pecan Blondies

Here’s a blondie recipe that I have made many times!  Mine are never as gooey as Gemma’s and that’s probably because I over-bake them. I should keep a better eye on them next time. I like to brown the butter first but it’s not necessary. Enjoy!  Maple Pecan Blondies Makes 9-12 servings Original recipe from Bigger Bolder Baking Ingredients ¾ cup butter, melted or browned 1¼ cups dark brown sugar ½ cup maple syrup 1 large egg  2 teaspoons vanilla 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 cups all-purpose flour ¼ teaspoon baking soda I ¼ cups pecans, toasted and chopped  Directions   Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease and line a 9x13” baking pan with parchment. Gemma used 8x8 but I like my bars thinner. Whisk together the butter, brown sugar, maple syrup, egg, vanilla, and salt. Stir in the flour and baking soda just until combined.  Stir in the pecans. Pour mixture into prepared pan and bake for 30-35 minutes. They middle should be slightly jiggly but they still taste yummy if you over-bake them. Allow to co
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Muffin Tin Meals

Muffin tin meals are very cool! I've made 2 so far and my kids love them.

 I use the free printable planner page from Second Story Window. I love how this planner has all the food groups listed at the top. You check them off to make sure you've included something from each group in your meal.

 I've got a bento/ muffin tin meal Pinterest board going as well. Whenever I come across meal ideas I pin them, of course.

So far, I'm keeping it simple. I chose 6 cup muffin tins and some silicone liners. You can use all sorts of food picks and bento supplies to make your meals fancier or with a theme. 

Here are the muffin tin meals I've made so far.
Pork ribs (that I removed from the bone to save myself a mess later), steamed broccoli, strawberries, frozen peas & corn (they love this), drinkable yogurt, goldfish.
Cheese, yogurt, rice cakes, turkey, crab apple, Brussels sprouts. My kids like vegetables!

So you can see we've got our protein, dairy, carbs, fruits and vegetables. And they can be a combination of warm and cold foods. But keep the cheese away from the sprouts unless you want it to warm up.

There's a blank space on the planning page. Probably for dessert. Well, I don't know about your kids, but I'm sure dessert would be the first thing my kids pick off the plate so... better to leave dessert off the menu until they're a little older and understand that dessert comes last.

Get the planning sheets here.
Get some lunchbox ideas here.

 Follow my bento/ muffin tin meal board on Pinterest.
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  1. SarahOctober 22, 2012 at 10:32 AM

    This is a great idea, but I must say, I'll probably be trying the cookies down below. They sound DELISH! Cute blog (found it from top mommy blogs directory) and had to say hi. Feel free to stop by sometime!
    www.sarahandderek.blogspot.com

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  2. AnonymousOctober 26, 2012 at 10:15 AM

    I love this idea Jennifer. But, of course I would - you have such a brilliant name! I've given you a google+ for this. Good job! http://vegetariancoeliac.blogspot.co.uk/p/recipes.html

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