Perfectblondies Recipes

CLASSIC BLONDIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven and prepare baking dish: Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Lightly butter and flour an 8x8-inch (20 cm x 20 cm) pan.

EASY NO-FAIL BLONDIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (176C). Lightly butter and line an 8-inch by 8-inch metal baking pan with aluminum foil or parchment paper. There is just enough batter to cover the bottom of an 8×8 inch pan.
• Melt the butter or, for a toasted flavor, make brown butter (here is our recipe for brown butter).
• Whisk the warm butter into the brown sugar until blended. The mixture will look greasy and gritty.
• When the sugar and butter mixture is warm, not hot, add the egg, vanilla, almond extract (optional), and salt. Stir until smooth and ever so slightly lighter in color.
• Add the flour in two additions, gently folding it into the batter after each addition until you no longer see streaks of flour.
• Stir in the chocolate chips and any additional add-ins like nuts or dried fruit.
• Spread the batter evenly in the prepared pan. It just covers the bottom of the pan. The batter is very thick, so gently pressing the batter into the corners helps.
• Bake the blondies until the edges look dry and the middle looks shiny and slightly underbaked; 20 to 30 minutes. We consistently achieve excellent results when baking these blondies in a 350° F oven for 23 minutes. Ovens vary, and bake time can be affected by the pan you have used. We remove the pan when the top looks shiny and light golden brown. The batter might still look slightly wet if there are cracks, but the middle should not wiggle like jello.
• Cool to room temperature before removing from the pan - this step is essential and helps the blondies set.
• Cut into 16 squares. Don't be surprised if the blondies have not risen much. These are intended to be dense, rich, and a little fudgy.
• Store covered in an airtight container for up to 3 days at room temperature or up to a week in the fridge. Freeze for up to 3 months.

PERFECT BLONDIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Cream brown sugar and butter using whisk or electric mixer.
• Add egg and vanilla to brown sugar and butter, mix well.
• Add flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt to mixture and combine until everything is consistent.
• Combine nuts and 1 1/4 cup of the chocolate chips with other ingredients.
• Line 8"x8" baking pan with grease proof paper. If you don't have parchment paper, lightly grease the pan but be forewarned that it will be hard to get these out without ruining the edge pieces.
• Transfer your batter to the baking pan and smooth it out with your spatula as well as you can, try to get it into the corners and make the thickness an even 1 to 1 1/2".
• Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup of chocolate chips over everything and lightly press them into the batter with your spatula.
• Bake in 400F oven for 20-25 minutes. Keep a close eye on them and be sure to check them with a tooth pick at 20 minutes. The toothpick should come out with a few moist crumbs stuck to it like brownies, not totally clean like with cake. These only take 20 minutes in my oven and you have to be very careful not to overcook them as they will turn out dry and cake-y if leave them even a minute or two too long.
• Let cool in pan for about 5 minutes and then gently lift the parchment paper out and place on a wire rack to let cool for about 20 minutes before cutting.
• Cut into 16 squares and enjoy :).