Hi my name is Fiona and I’m a peanut butter-aholic. If you haven’t noticed from some of my past posts I absolutely love anything with peanut butter and these blondies are not exception. As I’m sure I’m not the only one battling this addiction, I figured it was a good idea to share these Peanut Butter Blondies with the world. I searched through a few recipes before settling on this one from Baking Blonde and the only modification I made was to use both brown and white sugar because I didn’t quite have enough brown. It was not all smooth sailing though. The combination not being used to the oven at my new place and trying to do too many things at once led to the blondies ending up somewhat burnt on the edges. Thankfully a quick tidy up with a sharp knife was all it took to make them look presentable.

Peanut Butter Blondies (makes 16 squares)

Ingredients

75 g butter, almost melted

½ cup peanut butter

¾ cup brown sugar

¼ cup white sugar

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla extract

¼ tsp salt

1 cup flour

½ tsp baking powder

1/2 cup chocolate chips

Method

Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F). Line a 20 x 20 cm (8×8 in) pan with non stick baking paper.
In a microwave safe bowl, melt the butter for 20-30 seconds until almost/all melted. Allow to cool for 5 minutes.

Stir the peanut butter into the butter until creamy and smooth. Add the brown sugar to the butter/peanut butter and stir until smooth. Add the egg and vanilla and stir to combine.  Add the flour, baking powder and salt to the peanut butter mixture and stir just to combine. Gently fold in chocolate chips.

Pour into prepared pan and use a greased spatula to evenly spread mixture in pan and level the top. Bake for 20-30 minutes or until set in the middle. Cool on rack before cutting.

Nutritional Information (Per Square)

Energy: 892 kJ (213 Cal)

Protein: 4.5 g

Fat: 11.1 g

Saturated Fat: 4.6 g

Carbohydrate: 24.2 g

Sugars: 17.4 g

Sodium: 93 mg

Dietary Fibre: 1.4 g

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February 9, 2011

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