Claire Saffitz Makes Us Next Level Blondies

Clairen Saffitz, chef, KZbin personality, and cookbook author, wants you to cheat on your brownies with blondies, a salty-sweet and chewy baked confection that may have its chocolate counterpart beat.
Claire’s blondies are studded with double-roasted cashews that are covered in toffee and feature all the qualities of a great dessert: buttery richness, brown sugar sweetness, and even some flaky salt for a crunch.
It’s one of Claire’s recipe from her newest cookbook “What’s For Dessert,” so you know it’s gonna be good.
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[@espressorobot]

The coloring of this video makes me sad🫤

[@norkmork9955]

it's a shame the music was so quiet, i almost heard a bit of what she had to say

[@HP-fn4bo]

Lol.

[@liviniloap6229]

thank you!! i thought it was just my laptop speakers, so distracting lol

[@niamhmccabe5955]

yeah also the lighting and editing really made the colours pop...

[@liviniloap6229]

@@niamhmccabe5955 yea food looks so appetizing when its grey

[@Piasays]

@@liviniloap6229 😂😂😂

[@f.d.6667]

I'm really glad that Claire had left the pretentious crowd at Bon Appétit and is doing her own thing now! Went to my favorite donuts place in Brooklyn (Fan-Fan Doughnuts) after a looong time and they had a copy of her book Dessert Person laying around... apparently, these guys are taking sweet stuff seriously as well!

[@Dregen-zr9th]

Isn't it under the same company?

[@f.d.6667]

@@Dregen-zr9th Would not be surprised... but there seemed to be weird stuff going on in mind-2020, with some staying on and some leaving Condé Nast. Some of the ones staying suddenly posted the most absurd "mea culpas" (like Brad on IG) about basically nothing but with lots of zeitgeist-y virtue-signalling... and since then, the old vibe of curiosity, experimentation, madness and general "joie de vivre" has been replaced with a bunch of self-important "actors" who are displaying hardly any true enthusiasm for what they are doing... Claire on the other hand has her own YT channel and appears even more authentic and relevant than ever before.

[@soulonsoul8035]

She had the best show on Bon Appetit

[@f.d.6667]

@@soulonsoul8035 Yup. Agree. She was truly authentic. ...the changes at BA are a great example of "don't fix what aint broken"

[@usmanmukhtar222]

I made this and my family absolutely loved them, i look for short recipes with easy to find ingredients but are next level in terms of flavours and this was perfect! I will definitely look for more of your videos and possibly your book.

[@artbertomedia]

Watching Claire on different channels with different lightnings and cameras and filters is fun for me. Here Vice should ease on the filter. Neither Claire nor the food needs to be this blurred.

[@GrilledTofu]

They prob just filmed in CLOG3 and had poor color correction

[@M3ganwillslay]

Claire had a midlife crisis

[@newdeathscope]

@@GrilledTofu it looks like they didn't touch the grading

[@shiroishii_subject11999]

My thought exactly

[@eft161]

Well I think

[@kaitlynromoser3817]

She IS amazing 😆 can’t wait to get this book. I asked for it for Christmas 🤞

[@newdeathscope]

Props to the color grading person. It almost looked in color

[@calakiduki]

I know I can’t believe this free content I’m getting isn’t movie quality!! Life really is so difficult lately :(

[@alessandrazamora2703]

um ok

[@ChanellesKitchen]

This looks soooooo amazing omg

[@christinalucas5540]

I just made these! Omg - I am so addicted to these 😂! Such an amazing addition to my Christmas treat tray.

[@krireshin]

Did you think there were too many nuts? I ended up leaving some out

[@christinalucas5540]

@@krireshin a good amount of nuts for our taste since we are crazy about nuts.

[@jflsdknf]

Violet bakery's butterscotch blondies will always be my go to

[@Apathymiller]

My #2 favorite dessert behind sticky toffee pudding. I'd LOVE to see Claire's version of sticky toffee pudding

[@JoshKeatonFan]

I never knew what sticky toffee pudding until I started watching The Great British Baking Show on Netflix.

[@Apathymiller]

@@JoshKeatonFan it's so good...

[@dodette]

OMG I was thinking exactly this throughout the entire vid, too! Sticky toffee pudding is my all time fave dessert as well, with blondies right behind. Now I'm having such a craving for some 🥺 Have you ever tried snickerdoodle cookies? If you love the flavor profiles of the two other desserts I think you'd love the cookies, too!

[@Apathymiller]

@@dodette I sure have, being an American, they're prevalent here. But yes they are delicious. Stay well.

[@dodette]

@@Apathymiller you too. Hope the holiday season is as sweet as the desserts we love. xx

[@DForDelecTable]

These look soo good. I go for pecans and then cashews too! 😄😋

[@AndyPena89]

Feel like they forgot to color grade this video

[@niamhmccabe5955]

thought my eyes broke

[@nyleramos8198]

they forget to color grade every munchies video lol

[@cptntwinkletoes]

I dont think you know what colour grading is but go off!

[@AndyPena89]

@@cptntwinkletoes watch this video and go watch a video on Claire's channel. Completely different colors. Idiot

[@marcuscanning3843]

It's a style thing - remnant of like 4-5 years ago when it was very trendy to have a minimal color grade after shooting in LOG. I'm glad it's kind of gone out of fashion now. Look at old videos from bigger 'production' channels like Buzzfeed or VICE - they're all very muted and gray.

[@m4lwyr]

Just made these, they were so tasty!

[@omiomardreamer0929]

Thanks for sharing 🎉

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[@Dragondude2525]

My go to salted roasted nut will always be the pistachio.

[@Icantbelievethisshit]

Looks yum

[@kennedysmith6967]

adding a bit of white chocolate and caramel i feel like would make amazing

[@bindegalt]

Amazing :)

[@yupperzsonson]

Love Claire, love VICE, love dessert

[@defaultuser1447]

Claire is everywhere!

[@zgr1]

These look great! Does anyone who has made them have any guidance on how sweet they are? I'm considering adding some white chocolate chips since I love sweet desserts, but don't want to mess up the recipe!

[@cptntwinkletoes]

Dont!

[@krireshin]

I made it and my assessment was that 1cp of nuts is more than enough. I had a very nut filled bar and still had 1/2cp of cashews left. Also my batter looked thinner than hers, but I cup measured and should have measured the flour by weight. For me I added 1/2vp of flour and batter was still pourable. I think white chocolate might be ok with the nuts, if you sub white choc for the nuts though will be far too sweet

[@GT-dk9ml]

more Claire Saffitz PLEASE

[@awkwardtrumpet128]

THE END LMFAO

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[@deatheragefarms]

I'd like to see the halva blondies from Dessert Person, since I have yet to really get them right.

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[@hadimazzi]

wow halva brownies… i really need this book

[@lenangeles3186]

Claire is everywhere 😍😍😍 I love ittttt

[@JoshKeatonFan]

I couldn't agree more.

[@TheOwningnerds]

this is the first im seeing of her after after what happened with Bon Apetite! glad to see her again in any space!

[@Woozlewuzzleable]

@@TheOwningnerds She has her own KZbin channel now.

[@Jonsofjons]

Notice no added leavening agent like b soda or b powder. Is the egg alone be used to rise the batter?

[@angelica5709]

Yes. In her recipe video for brownies she says that u gotta give the batter a good mix at the end (45 seconds) till the batter forms a ribbon when u lift the whisk to develop some gluten.

[@rosameltrozo5889]

Claire and Farideh need to collab more

[@junebuggy240]

Whats the music at 7:40

[@anivalverdi]

the real next level

[@Dessydd]

Bon appetit!

[@Holypuno]

OMG CLAIRE IS BACK

[@MarquesBrownlee_Official]

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[@max12211]

Girl you’ve got a load of content to catch up on 😂❤

[@normrubio]

Tough times but I want to get one of her books, which should I get? This one or dessert person?

[@TheFlexibilityMaster]

Dessert person was great but there are a lot of videos she made of how to make recipes from dessert person so you might be able to get more recipes in total if you get this one and get dessert person recipes off youtube

[@lynnstlaurent6789]

Get both from the library and then decide.

[@yupperzsonson]

What's for Dessert is supposed to be a little more straightforward. Every recipe can be done by hand or with a hand mixer. Dessert Person does require a stand mixer for some recipes. Maybe start with What's for Dessert? And if you run in to some extra cash down the road I would definitely get Dessert Person!!!

[@AshtonColby]

Claire! ❤

[@itsdragherjade]

is the sounds not working?

[@joshuasaunders318]

Love her!!!

[@Cogglu]

omg Claire :3

[@tukangtipu99]

Ah finally some Claire FBATK content lol

[@TreyMcDonaldAnimator]

Question... would it be insane to make like a cashew praline to lay in between the blondie batter? Like if you reduce the sugar in the batter itself and substitute some of the sugar with the cashew praline? Just a thought. These are beautiful, blondies are so FREAKING good.

[@angelica5709]

Omg no she has a similar recipe to this on her own channel !!!

[@zahidkhadri8149]

So happy to see Claire getting all the success she truly deserves!

[@Piasays]

Yummmm

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[@chardelraconner7324]

I'm going to put those....

[@denxavi217]

Miss u

[@toast039]

CLAIRE IS QUEEN PERIOT

[@maryann9579]

Munchies - background music can make it very difficult for hearing impaired people like me to hear the dialogue.

[@MiracleWinchester]

Claire was serious when she said she doesn’t like white chocolate 🥲

[@VERSERAPS]

Great recipe but why did I have to get a smart litter box ad before the video lol, not what I want to think about before dessert.

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[@Mr.Shackleford45]

Gordon Ramsays white chocolate berry blondie is the best blondie recipe I’ve ever made. A traditional Blondie doesn’t have white chocolate, it is an enhancement. I like plain blondies but the white chocolate Berry blondies are the best by far. For Blondies i definitely wouldn’t use brown sugar. White sugar is best.

[@tess6536]

w/ guest appearence from Count Patula.

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[@danbev8542]

Everything Claire is wonderful! To the Munchies editors. Lose the ‘music’. Claire’s enough. Grid grief.

[@gabygerlach1625]

What is the deal with the background music 😂 I just want to listen to Claire

[@chardelraconner7324]

cowl me cinnamon roll ; ten clams not breathing

[@raquelaguillon5336]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@twistedkitty1958]

💗

[@fpolende]

I HOPE Farideh and Claire are the best of friends

[@rosameltrozo5889]

Imagine the chaos

[@o0musique0o]

Vice, you need to get Claire and the old gang back together pls 🙏💯

[@_MSD75_]

if you're not going to balance the colour you may as well film it in b&w...lol. Claire deserves better!

[@troyisfilming]

😋 Nicesuuu

[@Margar02]

I'm finding the music at 7:30 and thereabouts to be rather distracting. Anyone else? It's too high in the mix and too funky for the mood. I don't hate it but it could at least be quieter

[@chardelraconner7324]

them same... aha!

[@DOJAx707]

Hope she's using C&H brown sugar.

[@Genny-Zee]

I thought blondie was a band

[@akaroth7542]

Words can mean multiple things, my child.

[@Woozlewuzzleable]

Claire really gets around.

[@user-ru7mahakal]

That's wolweine lady

[@connor4891]

Blondies have way more fun

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[@adb1917]

No white chocolate?! 😱 That’s like making a human with no heart. I guess I can just add it myself and use this recipe as a base. Would’ve never thought of cashews, excited to try!!

[@stooge81]

Nobody's gonna mention that batter breach at 7:07?

[@Cpmnk]

Is it me or is tgis video very grey

[@unguidedone]

is she in her 50s or is the white hair a style?

[@Apathymiller]

this makes 4 real servings, double this recipe

[@Edward.22261]

This is not S1 E1.

[@CapOlimar]

Did they forget to color grade the footage? Looks incredibly flat.

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[@kookykiddo]

Not y’all washing Claire out and her delicious food?? The disrespect, do better. 😭

[@showstopas]

the music is distracting

[@scottholland8499]

Love Claire but the music is so loud and distracting

[@patarcher1813]

Peanut and tree nut allergies. I wonder if sunflower seeds would be too weird.

[@lynnstlaurent6789]

What about sesame seeds? Might be like halva.

[@yupperzsonson]

You could do toffee or caramel chunks with sea salt? It would be missing the crunch but it would add a nice chew.

[@elnino4445]

Oh it's Claire from bon appetit

[@Genny-Zee]

and The New York Times

[@Paulxl]

Not liking almonds is a sacrilage.

[@benzo___]

for the love of god please upgrade your equipment or the editing style this looks like a prison thriller from the 1980s

[@christopherhughes1184]

Too much flour, i think. Just made these and too cake-like for my taste.

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[@pagmon6876]

anyone else see their wife being claire or nah

[@witchplease77]

Wow, I think my Mom would LOVE this since she's such a picky eater!!! She loves chocolate chip cookies (but without the chocolate morsels), as well as toffee, and cashews are her favorite nut!

[@M3ganwillslay]

Claire has a midlife crisis

[@ElBigRican]

I remember when she was on the other channel. But you know. Racism.

[@LiberalsCauseCancer]

Be careful with eating too many blondies or you will start to get grey hair at the age of 30 too.

[@elith6930]

?????

[@SatieSatie]

Hey, isn't this the woman who likes to throw away huge amounts of food on camera as a "joke"? Yeah, no thanks.

[@kookykiddo]

When did she do that? She’s pretty good about not wasting.

[@SatieSatie]

@@kookykiddo When she recreated Twinkies for Bon Appétit. They had around 50 unpackaged Twinkies as decoration on a plate, which was unnecessary by itself, but then Claire (all giggly and being like "ewwww not real food haha lol" ) threw the entire batch in the trash can. It was so annoying and rubbed me the wrong way.

[@starseeker4716]

What an annoying person to listen to....as is the case with many people her age, every other word is "like", whether it belongs in the sentence or not.

[@clemfandango2930]

I like to think that Claire is like a real hardcore right wing nationalist.

[@roshy920p6]

Why? lol

[@Gms1301]

ugh so sick of seeing her...thought she was cancelled with BA and the racism...

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[@bldmyamean8352]

Did Claire lose weight? Or is it the cosmetics?

[@Joeparycrypto]

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[@Oscaramos1]

I just looked her up on google and she's a licensed broker, I am contacting her right away, thanks.

[@sojufresh]

scam thread lmfao

[@genesisnineteen9579]

Bro I have never seen bots make a whole thread before 😂😂

[@Genny-Zee]

Nah I’d rather eat some blondies

[@alysonono]

@@genesisnineteen9579 FOR REALLL I was about to say the same thing

[@gwang-mu9251]

Old girl is putting on them years and pounds.

[@UncannyLiving]

I LOVE claire!!! she is so pretty and a damn good chef. My wife one day I pray to god

[@adeadcrab]

sugar is for little kids