BLONDIES OVER BROWNIES? YES! GIVE THESE A CHANCE!!
John Walters
I bookmarked an interesting blondie or ‘brown sugar brownies’ recipe the other day. The source was the ever impressive Epicurean Escapism…she’s got a virtual treasure on her blog & never ceases to amaze me with her new posts. These got me the minute I saw them…for 2 reasons. First because they didn’t have a chocolate overdose, which is good for a change; & secondly because they used oil instead of butter. 
Got down to making them pretty soon, & was very impressed with the result. My only change was adding chopped walnuts because I love nuts. & because they add a load of food value. Try these & you won’t be disappointed! Finished a batch today & have already got a booking for the daughter’s birthday in early Jan! The kids took them in their snack box to school, & their friends loved them!!! Yes, these are the perfect answer for the non-chocolate, non-butter intervals of my busy baking life!!!
Cakespy has an interesting ballad posted here for the brownies albino cousin ! Its a fun read!!
Food historians generally agree that recipes named “brownies” and chocolate brownies [as we know them today] were first introduced in the beginning of the 20th century. This coincides with the mass production [availability & affordability] of chocolate and cocoa. Here are our notes on the history of [chocolate] brownies.According to old cookbooks, blonde brownies (also known as “Blondies“) predated chocolate brownies, though under different names. The primary ingredients of blondies (brown sugar/molasses and butter) compose butterscotch, a candy that was popular in America in the mid-19th century. Some 19th century American cookbooks contain recipes that combined traditional butterscotch ingredients with flour and a leavening agent (baking powder or soda). Presumably, these recipes would have produced something similar to the blonde brownies we enjoy today.
BLONDIES or (Brown Sugar Brownies), with walnuts & chocolate chipsfrom Epicurean Escapism
2 1/4 cups light brown sugar
2 2/3 cups plain flour
3 eggs
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup chocolate chunks
Method:
Preheat oven to 180C.
Grease a 13×9 inch baking pan or line the pan with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, mix together oil and brown sugar. Then add the eggs one at a time and beat until smooth.
In a separate bowl, sift together dry ingredients and then add them to the brown sugar mixture. Mix well.
Stir in chocolate chunks & walnuts, if using.
Spread batter into prepared baking pan. Batter will be thick!
Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 25-30 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool. Cut into squares as desired.
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About me: I am a freelance food writer, recipe developer and photographer. Food is my passion - baking, cooking, developing recipes, making recipes healthier, using fresh seasonal produce and local products, keeping a check on my carbon footprint and being a responsible foodie! I enjoy food styling, food photography, recipe development and product reviews. I express this through my food photographs which I style and the recipes I blog. My strength lies in 'Doing Food From Scratch'; it must taste as good as it looks, and be healthy too. Baking in India, often my biggest challenge is the non-availability of baking ingredients, and this has now become a platform to get creative on. I enjoy cooking immensely as well.
31 Comments
Passionate About Baking
Sorry guys…fixed the post comments glitch just now. Blogger’s being naughty over Christmas!!
Darius T. Williams
They look great – I say just give me both – lol.
-DTW
http://www.everydaycookin.blogspot.com
Bharti
I have yet to be tempted in to trying out a blondie, yours looks really yum.
Bharti
Hey Deeba
I need a favor…would you email me at bhartikhemani(at)gmail(dot)com please? Appreciate it.
Bunny
I love this Deeba! Happy Holidays to you and your family!!
Uj
wow.. looks yummy..Guess this is what I will be making this new year 😀 Thanks for posting
Kitchen Flavours
Yummylicious. Nice presentation.
Curry Leaf
Perfect Blondies.Happy Holidays
SS
Hi Deeba, I’ve been religiously following your blog for the past six months, never getting around to leaving you a message. Just wanted to let you know every single item on yor blog, caked and baked looks incredible!! Truly eye candy (pun intended!)
I was just uploading on my site a recipe for blonde brownies (albeit a little different with the use of butter and nougat chips). Do stop by and have a look in a day or two by when it should be put up!
Merry christmas!
morgana
Mmmmmmmmm. These look really yummy. I must try this recipe.
Thank you very much!!!
Manggy
Oh, that’s good to know… I always thought the origin of brownies was, “Oh, someone left the leavening out of the cake, and… ta-daa! Brownies.” Kind of lame, really.
ANYWAY, I am a non-prejudiced lover of both and I say, keep ’em coming. I love the ones you have here!
finereem
Hello Deeba
I’m a great fan of ur blog,it makes me wanna bake whatever you post..
The only thing that I don’t know how to keep my pound cake or muffins fresh for a week,as I bake them weekly ..don’t really know what’s the best way of storing cakes..help
noble pig
How nice, it looks festive too. Nothing beats a good blondie!
Núria
What a smart tittle Deeba!!!! What can I say… they also got me from the moment I read their name ;D
Totally agree with you in both the nuts and chocolate matters… These days I will achieve 2 more kilos for sure, snif, snif.
Have a great holiday time. Get lots of gifts from Santa and enjoy the good cooking 😀
SS
Thank you so much for stopping by my blog and your kind advice. I’m honoured!
I’ve updated by blog with the brownie recipes – super fattening but sooooper tasty and fool proof. Do try them out!
Elra
Wow Deeba,
I didn’t know…, glad you have all of this explanation.
Blondies sounds perfect to me.
Have a wonderful season,
Elra
Annie
Yummy! Especially with the little swirl of icing!
Sanghi
Hey this is a great christmas delight!
Ivy
Blondies are also wonderful in contrast to brownies. Happy holidays and best wishes to you and your family.
Gretchen Noelle
I have been enjoying the butterscotch idea lately, maybe these would be perfect to try!
Gloria
Dear Deeba I comments about this in the other post!!
Dear I come to whish you a Lovely and Happiness Christmas with your lovely family!!!!!!Blessings to you and huggsss!!! Gloria
meeso
I love blondies, we have a restaurant here that makes this awesome dessert with a hot blondie topped with ice-cream and this awesome sauce, it got me hooked on blondies. I want to post the copy-cat recipe soon. Your blondies look so good and have me craving now!
pete
Nice and yummy blondies. Wish u a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year! Cheers!
Dawn
And it’s the brown sugar that really make the blondies famous. Your blondies have my vote too!
AK Mom
I love blondies! My mom made them all the time when I was a kid – which was quite a long time ago. 🙂
Happy Holidays!!
Snooky doodle
These look great. I prefer to use oil than butter. I ve never made blondies before. I ll give these as my first try 🙂
Mark Boxshus "Cookie Doctor"
I love Blondies, and make them a lot. These look yummy
Mark
MAHIMA
Deeba u wont belive i jus saw the Booby flay throwdown episode on youtube on Blondies and thought m going to do this soon, n as soon as i log on i see ur post on Blondies 🙂
Gr8 job!!!they look yum!
Sweet and Savory
I have to turn this into a gluten free recipe and hubby will love it.
Sharmilee! :)
All I want to say is ur pics are a treat to the eyes 🙂
Trumpetgrlzrock
I just made these and they are amazing! Thank you for the recipe! It is now my favorite blondies recipe.