3 hot blondies Recipes

boiling-hot water, dried cranberries (5 oz), dried tart cherries (5 oz), golden raisins (5 oz), all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, unsalted butter, melted and cooled, sugar, eggs, vanilla, whole almonds with skins (6 oz), toasted and very coarsely chopped, fine-quality bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened; preferably 60 to 70% cacao), coarsely chopped, eggnog ice cream (optional)

boiling-hot water, dried cranberries (5 oz), dried tart cherries (5 oz), golden raisins (5 oz), all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, unsalted butter, melted and cooled, sugar, eggs, vanilla, whole almonds with skins (6 oz), toasted and very coarsely chopped, fine-quality bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened; preferably 60 to 70% cacao), coarsely chopped, special equipment : a 17- by 12-inch shallow baking pan (1 inch deep)