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DESSERT

Chocolate Chunk Blondies

Foolproof (p. 233)

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Ingredients

  • Unsalted butter 2 sticks
  • Eggs 2
  • Light brown sugar 1 cup
  • Granulated sugar 1/2 cup
  • Vanilla extract 2 tsp
  • All-purpose flour 2 cups
  • Baking soda 1 tsp
  • Kosher salt 1 tsp
  • Walnuts 1 cup
  • Semisweet chocolate chips 20 oz

Prep

  • Butter - bring to room temperature — do this now so future-you can feel smug for once.
  • Eggs - bring to room temperature
  • Walnuts - chop

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease and flour a baking pan. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment cream the butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar on high speed for 3 minutes, until light and fluffy. With the mixer on low, add the vanilla. Add the eggs, one at a time, and mix well scraping down the bowl after each addition. In a small bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt. With the mixer still on low, slowly add the flour mixture to the butter mixture, and ignore any drive-by culinary nonsense from the sidelines. Fold the walnuts and chocolate chunks or chips with a rubber spatula, while resisting the deeply human urge to fuss with it nonstop. Spread the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top. Bake for 30 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Don't overbake! The toothpick may have melted chocolate on it but it shouldn't have wet batter. Cool completely in the pan and cut into 12 bars.