Blondie Nerds

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.

Line a square cake pan with parchment paper.

Cream butter and sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in your egg and your vanilla extract. Set aside.

In another bowl combine flour and baking soda, mix.

Now take your dry ingredients and add them slowly to the creamy mixture. Fold in until dough becomes a bit stiff.

Stir in your nerds. Do not over mix.

Pour into pan and spread out until smooth. Tap your pan on the counter to release air bubbles.

Bake for 25 to 35 minutes. It’s done when you stick a toothpick in and it comes out clean. The top should be golden brown.

Remove from oven and let stand in pan for 5 minutes. Then remove it from the pan and let cool on a wire rack.

Optional steps:

Add some glaze over top. I just took a bit of icing sugar and added a touch of milk, and some red food coloring.

Toss some extra nerds over top.

Add a second layer of glaze when first is dry. Again just take a small amount of icing sugar (1/4 to 1/2 cup) and milk (2 to 3 tablespoons) and mix. Drizzle over top and toss more nerds over it.

Cut and serve.