Chocolate Chip Blondies
I was watching Throwdown with Bobby Flay the other day (don’t ask) and they were making blondies. I’ve never made them before and the recipe seemed easy enough so I gave it a shot. They’re delicious, of course - pretty much chocolate chip cookies in brownie form - but combining and heating the butter and sugars beforehand made them extremely gooey and extra sweet.
Make sure you let them sit out for a while (at least an hour, I’d say) so they kind of fall and compress a bit. Even after a few days they’re still moist and yummy!
Chocolate Chip Blondies
1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, plus butter for pan
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup light brown muscovado sugar
1/2 cup dark brown muscovado sugar
2 large eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup milk chocolate chips
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons toffee chips
1/2 cup coarsely chopped toasted almondsPreheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and line a 9 by 9 by 2-inch baking pan with parchment paper, allowing a 2-inch overhang. Butter the lining too.
Whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl.
Melt the butter in a medium saucepan; add both sugars and whisk until combined and sugar is melted, about 5 minutes. Transfer the mixture to a medium bowl and let cool slightly. Whisk in the eggs and vanilla extract until combined. Add the flour and whisk until just incorporated. Fold in the chocolate chips, toffee chips and almonds and transfer the mixture to the prepared pan.
Bake for 24 to 27 minutes or until the top cracks slightly and is firm to the touch and a skewer inserted into the center comes out with moist pieces clinging to it. Remove to a wire rack and let cool completely. Remove the bars from the pan using the parchment handles, transfer to a cutting board and cut into 2-inch squares.
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10 opinions for Chocolate Chip Blondies
Gina
Oct 16, 2008 at 8:33 pm
Oh. Yummy! Thanks for the recipe. Definitely going into my “to be made” file!
As for Throwdown…bless you…there must’ve been nothing else on? ;)
megan
Oct 16, 2008 at 9:38 pm
those are sum great looking blondies! YUM!!
nina
Oct 16, 2008 at 10:59 pm
Oh my word, I am drooling all over my keyboard…..Delicious!
ovenhaven
Oct 17, 2008 at 4:34 am
I just made blondies for the first time as well, and I must say that they give brownies a run for their money! :P I hope to try your coconut swirl brownies the next time :)
Heather
Oct 17, 2008 at 5:59 am
Gina - re: Throwdown - Yes, exactly! :D
Megan & Nina - Be forewarned, they are really, really yummy, and very, very rich!
Ovenhaven - I totally agree. As much as I love brownies these definitely give them some competition!
Sherry
Oct 17, 2008 at 6:50 am
Oh for the love of god Heather, I haven’t even eaten breakfast yet, and now this is the only thing I want to eat. Thanks a lot!
Amanda
Oct 17, 2008 at 11:47 am
yummy! I made some recently too and used peanut butter and milk chocolate chips. They were divine :)
ingrid
Oct 17, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Mmm, I love blondies. I hadn’t seen that Throwdown episode, bummer, but thanks for the recipe!
~ingrid
Chook
Oct 18, 2008 at 10:41 am
Oh wow!
I just HAVE to make these!!!
Leonor Sousa Bastos
Oct 18, 2008 at 3:49 pm
This is the real temptation!!
What a MARVELOUS look!
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