Macadamia Nut Blondies
Everyone is familiar with brownies, dark squidgy bars oozing with chocolate and flavour. Blondies are not so well known. Mention Blondie and most people will think of Debbie Harry. Blondies are similar to brownies in texture and use brown sugar to create the flavour. The taste does not disappoint, even if they do not leap off the plate and sing “Heart of Glass”. Similar to brownies in texture they are paler in appearance but just as tasty.
I often bake on a Sunday. Sundays are days that are less rushed and call for a cake. I have great memories of baking on a sunday with my grandparents and I love to continue the tradition. This Sunday I made some Macadamia Nut Blondies. I had a packet of macadamia nuts that had been in the cupboard for ages and baking was a great way to use them up. The Macadamia Nut Blondies were simple to make and perfect with a cup of tea.
Tetley Super Everyday Tea
I am a firm believer that most things look better with a cup of tea. A good cup of tea is great for picking you up when the day is dragging. Recently I have been trying out a new range of teas from Tetley. The Tetley Super Everyday Tea has been super charged with vitamins and caffeine to help give you more of a lift.
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Macadamia Nut Blondies
With the tea taken care of I got back to making my macadamia nut blondies. They are really easy to make, cream eggs and brown sugar together until fluffy. Next add plain flour, vanilla essence and baking powder into the mixture. Finally the macadamia nuts go in. I also added some dessicated coconut and some white chocolate that were in the cupboard to add a little sweetness to the blondies. The hard part is waiting for the blondies to cook. A delicious smell started wafting around the house making us feel hungry.
Finally the blondies were ready. Delightfully soft and squishy with a sweet taste, the white chocolate perfectly complementing the nuts. Macadamia nut blondies are the perfect tea time treat.
Macadamia nut blondies recipe
Macadamia nut blondies
Ingredients
- 125 g butter
- 400 g light soft brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla essence
- 125 g plain flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 80 g macadamia nuts
- 50 g dessicated coconut
- 100 g white chocolate chopped into chunks
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180C Gas Mark 4
- Line a small baking tin with baking parchment
- Cream together the butter and sugar until fluffy
- Mix in the eggs one at a time and the vanilla essence
- Stir in the flour, baking powder and salt
- Add the nuts, chocolate and coconut to the mixture
- Pour into the baking tin
- Bake in the oven for half an hour or until firm but still squishy
Why not pin the recipe to make later?
If you prefer brownies why not try my brownies recipe.
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Linking up with the kitchen clearout linky on Madhouse Family Reviews as I managed to use up some macadamia nuts and dessicated coconut.
Your blondies look very tasty! I have heard of them but never baked them myself. New Tetley teas sound promising, especially for the cold season
Thank you. They are very tasty and so easy to make
Ooh I love blondies – and Blondie, so now I have Heart of Glass on the brain … oo-oo-uh-huh … !! I also do most of y baking on a Sunday – the idea is it will last all week but it’s usually all gone by Monday night !
LOL sorry I put the song in your head. My baking does not last long either. That’s the trouble with teens!