Raspberry-Almond Blondies
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- Yield Makes 9 large or 16 small squares
Ingredients
- 9 tablespoons (1 1/8 sticks) unsalted butter, softened, plus more for pan
- 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup packed light-brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup sliced almonds, (3 ounces), toasted
- 1 pint raspberries
- Confectioners' sugar, for dusting
Directions
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Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line a buttered 8-inch square baking pan with foil or parchment paper, allowing 2 inches to hang over sides. Butter lining (excluding overhang); set pan aside.
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Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl, and set aside.
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Put butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; cream on medium speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add eggs and vanilla; beat until combined. Add flour mixture, and beat on low speed, scraping down sides of bowl, until well incorporated. Mix 3/4 cup almonds into batter.
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Pour batter into prepared pan; spread with a rubber spatula. Scatter berries and remaining 1/4 cup nuts over batter in pan. Bake until a cake tester inserted into blondies (avoid center and edges) comes out with a few crumbs but is not wet, 55 to 60 minutes. Dust with confectioners' sugar before cutting into squares.
I made this for my boyfriend last Valentine's Day, and while i was pleased with the taste, I had expected it to turn out more like a true blondie -- mine tasted more like almond cake (in texture) with raspberries.
This sounds so good. I was wondering if anyone has tried dried rapsberries? I have dried cranberries on hand, and I'm wondering if I would have to cut down on the sugar if i use them...
I prepared the batter and placed it in an 8 inch round cake pan. This way, I could slice the finished product in 12 wedges. I served the blondie with a small scoop of ice-cream. The family loved it!
I watched your show this morning and would like to add to the brown sugar discussion. When I buy brown sugar I put it in an air tight glass container with the heel of a loaf of rye bread. The brown sugar will stay moist all the time.
Also, I have used your idea of making my own brown sugar before and I can tell you it really works. Happy baking, Janes Corner
Comment from aemit was that the "cake" turned out well. And also used mango juice? Is this comment for the Raspberry-Almond Blondies?
Do they freeze well?
This is nice but the dough was extremely hard to mix at the end so I added some fruit juice from the can (I used canned mango). The cake turned out very well and was eaten up in no time at work where I took it :)
could you subsitute fresh cranberries?
sounds good