Snickerdoodle blondies

Last weekend was my friend Liz's birthday and she held a tea party to celebrate.  Liz is an incredible baker and her cupcakes are always beautiful and for her party she requested people bring cake.  This presented me with a bit of a dilemma as my baking is nowhere near as attractive as either hers or her friends and no one wants to go to the effort of making cake to be spectacularly upstaged which ruled out any form of cupcake.  I wanted to stick with something that could be cut into individual sizes just in case something went wrong and then I found these and the decision was made.  I'm a big fan of Americana when it comes to food and had been dying to try snickerdoodles for ages, mainly because of the name I have to admit.  This recipe seemed sufficiently cakey to pass muster but was still something different and interesting. Just to be on the safe side I also made a batch of homemade sausage rolls knowing I would gain points for this with the birthday girl and her husband! They may not have the exquisite look of a stack of beautifully iced cupcakes but they looked pretty good to me 

They are a little bit thicker than probably they're supposed to be as my baking tray is short and deep but I love the idea of blondies and these are really addictive so may invest in a better sized baking tray.