What Shall We Bake Today?

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Today’s offering is another picnic favorite: Butterscotch Blondies!

Ingredients

Cooking spray

1 3/4 cups packed light brown sugar

3/4 cup unsalted butter, melted

3/4 cup chunky peanut butter

1 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. pure vanilla extract

1/2 tsp. kosher salt

3 large eggs, room temperature

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 1/2 cups mini pretzels, divided

1 cup butterscotch chips, divided

Directions

Preheat oven to 350° and grease a 13″x9″ metal baking pan with cooking spray. Line with parchment, leaving an overhang on 2 long sides. Grease parchment with cooking spray.

In a large bowl, using a handheld electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat brown sugar, butter, peanut butter, baking powder, vanilla, and salt until combined. Add eggs, one at a time, beating on low speed after each addition, until well combined

Fold flour into batter until only a few streaks remain. Add 2 cups pretzels by hand, lightly crushing into 2 to 3 large pieces. Add 2/3 cup chips, then fold pretzels and chips into batter until well combined.

Scoop batter into prepared pan, spreading with an offset spatula or the back of a spoon. Press remaining 1/2 cup pretzels into top of batter. Sprinkle with remaining 1/3 cup chips.

Bake blondies until light golden brown and a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, 23 to 27 minutes.

Let cool. Using parchment overhang, lift blondies out of pan, transfer to a cutting board, and cut into squares.

Enjoy!

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124 thoughts on “What Shall We Bake Today?”

  1. cheering4america

    July 18, 2025 1:53 pm

    Kevin Kijewski has filed for a Writ of Certiorari in the USSC on behalf of the 14 Michigan electors prosecuted by Dana Nessel for their refusal to admit that President Trump didn’t win in 2020 (because, duh, he did!) she prosecuted them saying they knew better – but Mr. Kijewski has her on video bemoaning the fact that they really believe Trump won.

    Making a liar out of herself and her prosecutions a fabrication.

    SO glad to see someone taking assertive action like this!

    But. Will the SC accept this Writ of Certiorari and hear his claim?

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/07/enough-abuse-michigan-attorney-sues-ag-dana-nessel/

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  2. “Tulsi Just Proved the Deep State is REAL!”

    Clandestine, Jul 18, 2025

    “The Obama administration committed treason, but they are not the only ones implicated in this. These docs from Tulsi essentially confirm that the MSM are a propaganda arm of the IC, and were weaponized to push disinformation, as part of a plot to usurp the sitting POTUS.

    These documents prove that the Russia story was a hoax, meaning that the MSM spent YEARS pushing a story that they knew to be false, as part of a broader plot to obstruct and remove Trump from office, and thus usurp the will of the People. The MSM were participants in the treason/sedition

    This document dump from Tulsi essentially confirms the DNC, FBI, DOJ, CIA, MSM, and more, all conspired together, in an effort to brainwash the American people and remove Trump.

    These docs don’t just prove Obama committed treason. It proves that the “Deep State” is real!”

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  4. Just The News: “Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday announced that 10 Americans who were detained in Venezuela have since been released and are on their “way to freedom.” 

    Rubio thanked his team for helping to secure the releases, along with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele. Bukele released Venezuelans who were detained in El Salvador back to their home country, in exchange for the Americans, and Venezuelan political prisoners.

    “Thanks to [President Donald Trump’s] leadership, ten Americans who were detained in Venezuela are on their way to freedom,” Rubio posted to X. “I want to thank my team at the State Department & especially President [Bukele] for helping secure an agreement for the release of all of our American detainees, plus the release of Venezuelan political prisoners.”

    It is not clear when the Americans are expected to land back on U.S. soil, but Bukele stated that the released prisoners are on their way to El Salvador, where they will make a short stop before being sent on to their final destinations.

    “This operation is the result of months of negotiations with a tyrannical regime that had long refused to release one of its most valuable bargaining chips: its hostages,” Bukele posted to X. “However, thanks to the tireless efforts of many officials from both the United States and El Salvador, and above all, thanks to Almighty God, it was achieved.”

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  5. EXCERPT: “A newly declassified assessment by the U.S. intelligence community from September 2016, obtained by Just the News, showed the IC did not seem overly concerned by Russian meddling in that year’s presidential election and made no mention of the Kremlin backing GOP nominee Donald Trump – a tone which would shift dramatically after Trump won the race in November.

    The heretofore unknown Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) – completed in September 2016 but declassified this week by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard – stands in stark contrast to the later assessment, which would be completed in December 2016 and made public in January 2017.

    “For months preceding the 2016 election, the Intelligence Community shared a consensus view: Russia lacked the intent and capability to hack U.S. elections,” Gabbard tweeted on Friday. “But weeks after President Trump’s historic 2016 victory defeating Hillary Clinton, everything changed.”

    The well-known December 2016 assessment from the CIA, the FBI, and the NSA – released publicly in early January 2017 – concluded with “high confidence” that Russian leader Vladimir Putin “ordered an influence campaign in 2016” and that Russia worked to “undermine public faith in the U.S. democratic process, denigrate former Secretary of State [Hillary] Clinton, and harm her electability and potential presidency” and “developed a clear preference for President-elect Trump.” The FBI and CIA also expressed with “high confidence” that Putin had “aspired to help” Trump’s election chances in 2016 by “discrediting” Clinton” and publicly contrasting her unfavorably to him.” The NSA had a “moderate confidence” in this.

    But the September 2016 assessment, first obtained by Just the News, made no mention of Russia’s alleged animosity towards Clinton nor of its supposed preference for Trump, included no discussion of the Kremlin allegedly seeking to sink Clinton’s candidacy and elevate Trump’s chances, and generally attributed Russian efforts to a generalized desire to undermine the legitimacy of the U.S. election or the legitimacy of the next presidential administration, rather than a desire to pick a winner and a loser.

    The new declassification comes on the heels of the CIA’s recent eight-page “lessons learned” review — released earlier in July — which concluded that “the decision by agency heads to include the Steele Dossier in the ICA ran counter to fundamental tradecraft principles and ultimately undermined the credibility of a key judgment.” The CIA’s recent review also critiqued the “high confidence” assessment by the FBI and the CIA that Putin had “aspired” to help Trump win in 2016.

    The ICA from the summer of 2016 — dated Sept. 12, 2016 — was titled “Cyber Threats to the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election” and touched on potential challenges posed by Russia as well as by China, Iran, North Korea, and others. The December 2016 ICA was titled “Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent U.S. Elections” and focused almost exclusively on the Russians…..”

    https://justthenews.com/government/security/ic-assessment-summer-2016-didnt-say-russia-wanted-trump-win-changed-after-his

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      1. To be succinct: he did a shitty job both mowing & weed eating….I plugged in the battery for my weed eater so I can finish the job properly but it’s raining so…..😠🙄😣😒

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