Description
These toasty, Coconutty Blondies taste of rich butter and are goo-y and good. a favorite aboard Holland America Cruise Lines
Ingredients
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- 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter softened
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup shredded sweetened coconut divided
- ¾ cup toasted and chopped Macadamia nuts or in a pinch Pecans or hazelnuts will work. See note*
Instructions
- Pre heat oven to 350f with the rack in the middle position.
- Butter an 8 inch baking pan
- Sift together flour, baking soda and the salt into a mixing bowl.
- In another combine the butter, and the 2 sugars and mix well.
- Next add the egg and vanilla and beat until light and fluffy.
- Slowly add the flour on a low speed until it’s just combined.
- Now with a wooden spoon blend in ¾ cup of the coconut and the nuts.
- Spread this mixture into the buttered pan, and finally sprinkle the top with the remaining coconut.
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool on a wire rack before cutting it into small bars.
- I really like chocolate with coconut: So if you do too, you can sprinkle some chocolate chips (I use semi sweet) over the dish as soon as it comes out of the oven.
- * I ground 1/3 of the Macadamia nuts in a dedicated coffee grinder. The nuts contain so much oil that you will quickly have a paste. I then chopped the remainder of the nuts with a knife to about ¼-1/8 inch size. If the nuts are salted, cut back on the salt called for in the recipe. This will still give the bars a nice salty sweet taste.
- Category: Dessert