Before going gluten free, we spent many afternoons at our local Barnes and Noble, looking through books and having a treat from the coffee counter.  The blondies were our favorite.  If you've never had one, blondies are a vanilla cookie bar.  They look like blond brownies, hence the name. 

When Emilia was diagnosed, she was pretty bummed out that she couldn't have a blondie anymore.  But life goes on.

Then, over the summer, Emilia was at a rehearsal and and there was a Whole Foods Market nearby.  I decided to stop in and see what was new.  The Namaste products always catch my eye because their baking flour is so incredible. But I started dancing in the aisle when I came across their Blondie Mix!!!!   At first, the seven dollar price tag shocked me until I looked closer and saw it makes two batches.  $3.50 isn’t bad for a gluten free mix.  I’m not sure you could make them from scratch for any less.  So into the
cart it went. 

They were easy to make, just add water, eggs and oil.  Of course we threw in some M and M’s, because that’s how we like them.  You could add chocolate chips, or butterscotch chips, or just bake them plain. 
 
If you have any leftovers, and we never do, you can crumble them up and add them to vanilla ice cream for your own cookies and cream.  Or pack them up and bring them to your favorite bookstore!