It's Peanut Butter [Blondie] Time

I'll have to admit, I'm not the biggest fan of peanut butter but I know there are many people out there who love the stuff. If that's you, you'll love this recipe.

If you're like me, give it a go because you might think otherwise. My whole family have never been big fans of peanut butter, but these blondies went down a treat - so much so they got demolished within four days! 

The good thing about this recipe is that the peanut butter flavour isn't too over powering, and with the sweetness of the chocolate chips it creates a perfect balance.

Here's the recipe:

1 1/2 cups light brown sugar

1/2 cup softened butter

1 cup smooth peanut butter

2tsp vanilla extract

2 eggs

1 1/2 cups plain flour

1tsp baking powder

chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven to 180C. Grease and line square baking/brownie tin.
2. Beat sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Beat in peanut butter, vanilla and eggs until well incorporated. 
3. Mix in flour and baking powder. Add in chocolate chips.
4. Spread into baking tin. Bake for 30mins or until golden brown.
5. Allow to cool in pan before transferring to wire rack. Once completely cooled, cut into squares and serve.

Using cups is usually an American way of cooking/baking and not often seen in British recipes. So if you do have a measuring cup PERFECT. If not don't worry use anything cup sized (teacup, mug, glass etc) and just make sure you use the same one throughout so the ratios are still the same. 

Give these ago and tell me what you think! 

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Enjoy!

Like A Brownie, But Blonde

Everyone loves a good brownie, but sometimes you just want to change things up. If that's the case, welcome to the blondie. It is very similar to the brownie in terms of preparation, consistency and baking, but it is more buttery in flavour as you does not have a chocolate base. 

You have the freedom with a blondie, like with a brownie, to play around with what you add into the blondie to take it to that extra level. With this recipe, I added chocolate chips - it basically looks like a giant chocolate chip cookie crossed with a brownie. 

Here's the recipe:

115g unsalted butter, melted

215g dark brown sugar

1 large egg

1 1/2tsp vanilla extract

1/8tsp salt

130g plain flour

100g chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven to 180C and line an 8inch square baking tin. 
2. Mix together melted butter and brown sugar until blended. Add in egg, vanilla and salt and beat until smooth. 
3. Add in flour and continue to beat until fully incorporated and the batter becomes quite thick. Fold in chocolate chips. 
4. Pour batter into lined baking tin and bake for 20 to 25 mins until skewer comes out mostly clean. 
5. Allow to cool completely before cutting and serving.

Give these a go and let me know what you think! 

Tag me in any pictures of you bakes on instagram: @sarasbakingworld

Enjoy!

Bananas About A Loaf

I've always loved a good banana bread. They are super simply to make, and easy to freeze if you can't eat it all straight away. 

With this recipe, its easy to adapt to your liking. You can add extra ingredients of your choice to make it that extra bit better, whether that be walnuts, pecans or chocolate chunks. I, of course, went for chocolate chunks. 

Here's the recipe:

4oz softened butter

6oz caster sugar

2 eggs

2 ripe bananas, mashed

8oz self-raising flour

1tsp baking powder

2tbsp milk

2oz chocolate chunks

1. Preheat oven to 180C, and line a 2lb loaf tin.
2. Measure all ingredients (except chocolate chunks) and beat together for around 2 mins, until well blended.
3. Fold in chocolate chunks. Spoon batter into lined loaf tin.
4. Bake for around 45 mins to 1 hour, until skewer comes out clean. If top of loaf is browning too quickly, cover with foil and continue to bake. 
5. Allow to cool completely in loaf tin before serving.

Give this recipe a try, and let me know what you think. 

Tag me in any pictures on instagram: @sarasbakingworld

Enjoy!