Description
A quick and easy recipe for the BEST chewy blondies EVER! Perfect crisp crackly top, super fudgy centre, chewy & gooey in the middle, studded with pools of melted dark chocolate, toasted walnuts and bursting with sweet cherries, these blondies are the ultimate no-fuss dessert!
Ingredients
Scale
Blondies:
- 115 grams butter
- 1 cup (210 grams) dark brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste (or extract)
- pinch sea salt flakes
- 1 cup (150 grams) plain flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ground
Add-in’s:
- 1/2 cup (60 grams) walnuts, toasted and chopped
- 1 cup (100 grams) fresh cherries, pitted and chopped
- 1/2 cup (95 grams) dark chocolate, chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180 C (350 F) and line a 20 cm x 20 cm tin with baking paper. Set aside.
- Place butter into a saucepan over low-medium heat and cook until melted, frothy, golden in colour and wonderfully nutty and fragrant.
- Into a large bowl, place brown butter, sugar, egg, vanilla and salt and whisk to combine.
- Add flour and cinnamon and whisk to combine.
- Gently fold through add-in’s (walnuts, cherries and chocolate).
- Pour batter into prepared tin.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden, slightly cracked and set.
- Place tin onto a wire rack and allow blondies to cool completely in the pan.
- Cut into 16 bars. Enjoy x
Notes
Store blondies in an air-tight container in the fridge. Will keep for 3-4 days.
Blondies are freezer-friendly. Wrap securely with cling film, pop into a freezer safe container and stash in the freezer for up to 3 months.
Recipe adapted from Smitten Kitchen.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 25 mins
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American