Blarney Blondies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

FOR BLONDIES
1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups vanilla chips (or white chocolate chips)
1 teaspoon whiskey
1/2 cup coarsely crushed pistachio nutmeats (measured after crushing)
FOR STREUSEL
3/4 cup coarsely crushed pistachio nutmeats (measured after crushing)
2 1/2 tablespoons whiskey
2 1/2 tablespoons sugar

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F.
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugars together.
Add the eggs, whiskey, and vanilla then mix well.
Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl then sift. Add the sifted flour mixture to the creamed mixture little by little and blend well.
Stir in vanilla chips and 1/2 cup nuts.
Spoon into a greased 13x9 pan, spread and press to cover bottom of pan.
Mix up the streusel ingredients in a little bowl and let them sit for a bit to soak up the whiskey.
Spread the streusel over the blondie batter in the pan.
Bake at 350\u00b0F for 30 minutes or until golden brown.
Cool on wire rack.