Sweet Cherry Blondies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/3 cups flour
1 1/3 cups brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon vegetable oil
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup pitted and halved northwest fresh sweet cherries
1/2 cup chopped pecans

Preparation

Combine flour, brown sugar, baking powder, salt, oil, eggs and vanilla; mix on low speed of electric mixer until blended. Mix 1 minute on medium speed. Batter will be thick.
Spread half of batter in oiled and floured 9-inch baking pan.
Toss cherries in small amount of flour. Scatter cherries over batter; spread remaining batter over cherries. Sprinkle pecans over top.
Bake at 325 30-35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool on rack and cut into 16 pieces.
Chocolate Chip Variation: Sprinkle 1/2 cup chocolate chips over batter with pecans.