White Chocolate Blondies
 
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Chewy and gooey, these butter and brown sugar based bars are filled with crunchy walnut pieces and creamy white chocolate.
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Recipe type: Brownies & Bars
Serves: 16
Ingredients
  • 4 ounces butter (1/2 cup or 1 stick)
  • 5½ ounces light brown sugar (3/4 cup packed)
  • 1 whole egg
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla
  • 4½ ounces all-purpose flour (1 cup)
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp kosher salt
  • 2½ ounces walnut pieces (generous ½ cup)
  • 3 ounces white chocolate chunks (1/2 cup)
  • extra white chocolate for glaze
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees & grease an 8 inch baking pan using butter or non-stick spray
  2. Cream softened butter and brown sugar.
  3. Add egg & vanilla and beat until smooth.
  4. Add the combined flour, baking powder and salt and stir in just until combined.
  5. Add walnut pieces and white chocolate chunks.
  6. Spread batter into prepared pan.
  7. Bake in oven at 350 degrees for 23 to 25 minutes. Bars will start to release slightly from edge of pan. Longer baking time results in chewier bars.
  8. Allow blondies to cool in pan, then cut into bars.
  9. Using a fork and melted extra white chocolate, drizzle bars with as much chocolate as you like. I like to arrange bars on a plate first then drizzle the chocolate so it also glazes the sides but you can drizzle the bars while still in the baking pan if you prefer.
  10. Will keep for a few days at room temperature if kept tightly wrapped with foil or saran wrap. The bars can also be chilled in a ziploc bag for a chewier bar.
Notes
Walnuts are optional. You can also a combination of walnuts and pecans or no nuts at all. I would just add more white chocolate to replace the nuts if you're going nut-free. The nuts give the bars a chewy texture that I really enjoy. I prefer walnut pieces, not chopped finely.

I use premium Callebaut white chocolate chunks for these bars, but you could also substitute white chocolate chips or even break up a white chocolate candy bar. Semi-sweet chocolate is good also in these bars, which is what we used at our bakery.
Recipe by Country Cupboard Cookies at https://countrycupboardcookies.com/white-chocolate-blondies/