Brownies, ahh, that gooey, rich, chocolatey, cakey heaven. My boyfriend loves them plain, with chilli, with nuts, but what about their white chocolate counterparts; how do blondies live up? With the help of bakingmad.com it was about time I found out.
You’ll need:
125g Butter
200g White chocolate, chopped
2 Eggs
100g Golden caster sugar
1/2tsp Vanilla extract
130g Plain white flour
Pinch of salt
50g Macadamia nuts (or you could use almonds instead)
Heat the oven to 180°C/fan 160°C, 350°F, Gas Mark 4. Grease and baseline a 20cm square baking tin
Place the butter and half the white chocolate in a bowl. Rest the bowl over a pan of gently simmering water. Do not let the bowl touch the water. Leave until the chocolate and butter is melted, stirring occasionally to mix. Remove the bowl from the pan and leave to cool slightly.
Whisk together the eggs, sugar and vanilla. Add the chocolate and butter mix and whisk well.
Sift in the flour and salt, and then add the remaining chopped white chocolate and macadamia nuts. Pour the mixture into the pan. Bake for 20 – 25 minutes or until set and light golden/blonde brown. Leave to cool in the tin before cutting into squares.
The verdict? To me, blondies are a brownies’ hotter, more mature sister. The macadamia nuts are the perfect addition to break up the cakey goodness. I really enjoyed the bake too, they’re super easy and just what you need on a cold winters day with a cup of tea!
These would be the perfect valentines treat for your other half, you could even use cookie cutters to make cute heart shapes! There are plenty more Valentines Day Recipes on the site if blondies aren’t your thing or if you are looking for a challenge, the Cakes section has some pretty impressive bakes.
P.S Keep your eyes peeled for a giveaway next week, I have some baking goodies for one lucky reader!
Lindsey Elizabeth Pritchard says
Oh my! These look so good! Love that you’ve renamed them blondies, because they are most definitely not brown! Definitely going to need to make white blondies!
Lindsey. x
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Vicki Higham says
You have to make them! They’re so yummy! I’m just reading your blog now 🙂 x
Janice Pattie says
Mmm delicious
Beth says
Wow, these look amazing! Might be my next baking experiment 🙂 x
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Vicki Higham says
You should try them! I think I’ll put some more chocolate in next time though.
If you do bake them, make sure you enter the recipe book give away – 5entries for showing me that you baked some x
gleepface says
These look gorgeous! I’ve never had blondies before, but they sound fantastic.
Jade Culbert says
Love how you called them Blondies! They look amazing 🙁 xx
Vicki Higham says
Thanks Jade. I wish I made more now! x
Sarah Boyd says
I am definitely trying this tonight Vicki!
http://porcelaindoll-xo.blogspot.co.uk/ xx
Vicki Higham says
If you do, makes ure you enter the competition for the recipe books. You get 5 entries for showing me some blondies you’ve made x
Danielle O'Connell says
I haven’t made brownies in so long! Need to try this recipe!
I also nominated you for a Liebster award on my blog 🙂 x
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Vicki Higham says
Thank you so much! I’ve already done a Liebster post but I didn’t include the “random facts” bit. Maybe it’s about time I did them 🙂 xx
Felicity Kelly says
These look delicious, must start baking more!
Sam says
I made these today, it took around 40 minutes to bake, during this time I had to cover them with foil as the edges were browning quickly. They tasted lovely and rich, although slightly heavy. They weren’t as sweet as I imagined either and I would suggest adding more white chocolate chunks to the mix!