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02/26/2020 11:01 PMWow, I spent three days of watching movies at at my local theater. Here are my reviews:
• The Farewell: Wonderful!
• Jojo Rabbit: I was wary of seeing it, but, at the end, fell in love with it.
• Bombshell: I prefered the Showtime’s television adaptation, The Loudest Voice, about Roger Ailes/Fox to this version of the story. The Showtime movie made Russell Crowe, as Ailes, even more of an animal.
Other than that, it was a busy week, but I found time to get to Shop-Rite. I bought a rotisserie chicken, lots of vegetables (two big heads of cauliflower, which I cut into florets to parboil and freeze), green grapes, bananas, and apples, along with pork cutlets and hot Italian sausage.
When I got home, I wanted something sweet, so I made these blondies. I tasted just one and will take the rest to a meeting, so that nothing decadent is left in the house! Well, except for those four pints of Haagen Dazs and Ben & Jerry’s.
Lee White of Old Lyme has been a food editor and restaurant reviewer for more than 25 years. You can email her at leeawhite@aol.com.
Maple-Apple Blondies
From 100 Best Apple Recipes
Better Homes & Gardens, Meredith Co., 2019
Yield: 36 bars
Nonstick cooking spray
¾ cup butter
2 medium apples, peeled, cored, and chopped
(about 1 ¾ cups)
1 cup packed light brown sugar
½ cup granulated sugar
½ cup pure maple syrup
2 eggs
2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon baking soda
1 recipe for maple icing
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 13- by 9-inch pan with foil, extending the foil over edges. Lightly coat foil with cooking spray. In a medium saucepan, melt 1 tablespoon of the butter over medium heat. Add apples and cook about 12 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally. Remove apples from saucepan and set aside.
In the same saucepan, melt remaining butter over medium heat. Remove from heat and stir in both sugars and maple syrup until smooth. Stir in eggs and vanilla until combined. Stir in flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda. Stir in cooked apples. Spread batter in prepared pan.
Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until evenly browned and edges are puffed. Cook in pan on a wire rack. Spread maple icing over bars. Let stand until icing is set. Use edges of foil to lift uncut bars out of pan. Cut into 36 bars.
Maple Icing
In a small bowl, stir together 2 cups powdered sugar, ¼ cup maple syrup and 2 tablespoons melted butter. Stir in enough milk (about 2 tablespoons) to make a thin spreading consistency.