Blondies

Blondies are my favourite type of brownie. They are not so intense in flavour as they use white chocolate and no cocoa powder, which means you end up eating more...!

Ingredients

Using a 23cm square tin:

230g butter
340g dark brown sugar
Pinch of salt
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 medium eggs
280 plain flour
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp baking powder
240g white chocolate, in small chunks

Using a 23cm x 30cm rectangle tin:

290g butter
425 dark brown sugar
Pinch of salt
1.25 tsp vanilla extract
2 large eggs
310 plain flour
3/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1.25 tsp baking powder
300g white chocolate, in small chunks

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Line a brownie tin with greaseproof paper. 

2. Melt the butter in a saucepan.

3. Whisk in sugar and salt.

4. Add vanilla essence, whisk again.

5. Add the eggs to the butter mixture and whisk again.

6. In a seperate bowl, sift flour, bicarbonate of soda, and baking powder.

7. Slowly pour the butter mixture into the flour mixture a little at a time (to avoid lumps).

8. Mix until you get a smooth texture. Allow to cool before folding in the chocolate chunks.

9. Roughly chop white chocolate.

10. Mix together gently.

11. Spoon and spread onto a brownie tray.

12. Bake for 35-40 minutes.

13. Leave to cool for at least 10 minutes before cutting.