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What can I say?? I just love to bake!! Ever since I would go to Grandma's house as a little girl and bake highlight cakes or help Ninny make her famous vanilla cookies, I've been obsessed with baking! Not only from recipe books, but freestyle too! With a father as a chef, i suppose it is in my genes! Some of my favourite memories from growing up were those moments after dinner when my dad would get his sweet tooth pang and have me help him whip up a batch of toffee fruit kebabs, or irish caramels! I used to love how he never followed recipes, he always just knew what ingredients worked with one another and how to play with quantities. So, from an early age, i had learnt from the master and i was well on my way to bake on my own! When i was 7 years old, i used to bake chocoloate cakes to sell to the mothers of my friends when they came to watch our Saturday morning minkey hockey games! Before i knew it, i was being commissioned from my school teachers to bake cakes for them at $2 a pop! This blog holds just a few of my favourite tried and tested recipes which I've thoroughly enjoyed both baking and eating! So enjoy!!

Wednesday 25 August 2010

Blondies

A white choccy, vanilla rendition of Brownies! Num num num!!

Cooking Time: 35-40 minutes
Preperation Time: 15 minutes
Serves: 12-15

Ingredients:
 - 140 g white chocolate, roughly chopped
 - 125 ml (1/2 cup) unsalted butter
 - 175 ml (3/4 cup) sugar
 - 2 eggs
 - 7 ml (1 1/2 tsp) pure vanilla extract
 - 375 ml (1 1/2 cups) all-purpose flour
 - Pinch salt
 - 250 ml (1 cup) shelled pecans, chopped
Method:
1)  Preheat oven to 160 C (325 F).

2)  In a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water, place chocolate and butter (do not let the base of the bowl touch the water). Leave until melted and smooth.

3)  Remove from heat. Add sugar and stir until well incorporated. Add eggs and vanilla, stirring briskly so that you don’t allow the eggs to scramble. Don’t worry if the mixture looks as if it is starting to split. Add flour, salt and pecans and stir until well combined and the nuts are evenly dispersed.

4)  Spoon mixture into prepared baking pan and bake in preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes or until golden brown and the centre is still soft. Let cool completely.

 

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