A simple blondie bar filled with chunky dark chocolate pieces and toasted walnuts, slightly salted tops. Use your best dark chocolate for this recipe!
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time20 minutesmins
Total Time35 minutesmins
Course: Cookies and Squares, Dessert
Cuisine: Baked Goods
Keyword: blondies, dark chocolate, walnut
Servings: 16squares
Calories: 224kcal
Author: Trish | The In Fine Balance Food Blog
Equipment
8x 8 in square baking pan
Ingredients
6tablespoonunsalted butter
1cupbrown sugarlightly packed
1largeegg
2teaspoonvanilla extract
1cupall purpose flour
¼teaspoonsea salt
¼teaspooncinnamon
6ozdark chocolateI used 70% bakers chocolate
¾cupcoarsely chopped walnuts
½teaspoonflaky sea salt for sprinkling on top after baking
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees celcius and line a 8x8 in square baking pan with parchement paper or spray lightly with non-stick spray.
Toast walnuts in a dry skillet over medium-low heat for a few minutes. Heat just until you can small the toasted walnuts and they are just starting to brown. Quickly remove from heat and transfer walnuts to a small bowl. Set aside.
Using a sharp knife, cut chocolate into large, coarse chuncks. Set aside
In a medium bowl combine flour, ¼ teaspoon of salt and cinnamon. Whisk to combine. Set aside.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat melted butter and brown sugar at medium speed until combined. Do not whip. Add egg and vanilla and continue to beat on medium speed until creamy and smooth. About 2 minutes.
With standmixer on low speed, add in flour mixture and beat until just combined. Remove the bowl from the standmixer and, using a spatula, fold in dark chocolate and walnuts. Pour batter into the prepared 8x8 baking pan. Bake at 350 for 20-22 minutes or until lightly browned around the edges. Sprinkle with flaky sea salt as soon as remove the blondies from the oven. Allow to cool about an hour before cutting. TIP! - to cut neat and sharp edges, put the blondies in the refrigerator for about 20 minutes before cutting.