Hi Bold Bakers, the microwave has brought us some amazingly easy recipes like my mug
meals, crispy potato chips and even my three layer cake all made in the microwave.
Well today I’m gonna share with you one of my absolute favorites, microwaved butterscotch
blondies.
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Ok let’s get stuck into the recipe.
In a nice large bowl add in your melted butter and your dark brown s sugar.
Now do use dark brown sugar because these are butterscotch blondies and the brown sugar
really makes all the difference it kind of gives them more of a caramel molasses flavor.
And remember if you can’t buy brown sugar in your country you can always make it at
home it’s very easy.
Next crack in you eggs and add in a generous amount of vanilla extract.
And with a whisk, just whisk them all together.
So just mix it until it becomes light and fluffy, that’s what I always do.
It only takes a few seconds.
So that’s that, I’m just gonna move that over and we’re gonna bring in our flour.
Into our flour we’re going to add in some baking powder, and some salt.
And then just mix these ingredients together separately.
We just wanna make sure they’re separate so they get really well mixed before we add
it into our batter.
And for those of you looking for the recipe the written recipe can be found on BiggerBolderBaking.com.
Ok lovely, then simply just dump one into the other.
Then with a whisk or a spatula, just combine the two until you can’t see any more flour.
So the reason these are called butterscotch blondies in addition to my other blondies
is because of all the really dark sugar and the butter, it just makes them really caramely.
And one piece of advice I’d like to give you is make sure you aren’t stingy with
the salt because the salt really changes the flavor of these all together and really makes
them so yummy.
Ok so that’s our blondie batter, and one thing I like to add in, if you don’t have
it feel free to leave it out, is some white chocolate, it really adds a lovely flavor
and texture to these blondies.
And then simply stir those in.
So there you have our blondie batter, now it’s time to get it into our mold.
So this is the mold I’m gonna put my blondies in, I’m gonna put a link on my website of
where you can get these.
It’s an 8”x8” silicon mold however you can use any 8”x8” dish you like, like
a casserole or pyrex, anything at all will work great in the microwave as long as it’s
microwave safe.
I buttered my mold but feel free to add parchment if you want to.
So I’m microwaving this today but you can bake it traditionally in an oven at 350°
F or 180° C for roughly around 35-40 minutes.
Ok so this is looking good, our batter is ready to go into the microwave however I’m
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Oh my gosh, this is delicious, what I like about it is that it’s aromatic but it’s
not hot and spicy, but it’s got loads of flavor from the spices that we put in.
The prawns are absolutely delicious and the oil from the chorizo rendered down and got
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So that’s our dinner sorted, now let's cook off our blondies.
So you want to microwave your blondies for roughly around 6 minutes or so, checking every
90 seconds, just open up the door have a look, you wanna make sure they don’t rise up too
much or spill over the sides.
So this timing is based on my microwave which is 1200 watts, so check the wattage of your
microwave because your timing may vary, you might need a little bit more time or a little
bit less.
So you’ll notice over the cooking time, the blondies will rise up and you’ll notice
little bubbles forming on top.
When the surface is completely covered in bubbles, and you don’t see any wet batter,
then they’re done.
So there you go, mine did take roughly six minutes now you can see there’s bubbles
all over the top, and if you push down it’s kind of firm underneath your finger.
So now I know these look different from blondies that would have come out of the oven, but
these are steamed and what you really end up with is kind of the center of the blondie
so what you get is kind of lovely butterscotch rich squares, its’ really delicious.
So once your blondies have cooled down, go ahead and cut yourself a nice big slice.
So this is what I was talking about, they’re not like traditional blondies, they’re all
the center kind of that gooey butterscotch middle, that is this all the way around.
I serve my blondies with vanilla ice cream and loads of caramel sauce.
Oh my gosh, my recommendation, eat them when they’re still a little bit warm.
It’s like eating a warm caramel butterscotch cake, with a little bit of that vanilla in
there and that salt.
Like I said, don’t be stingy with the salt, absolutely delicious, it’s like the best
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