White Chocolate and Fruit Flake Blondies

Most of us enjoy brownies, but I am genuinely suprised by how few people have actually had white chocolate brownies, or blondies, as some people like to call them. Call them what you like, they taste blooming lovely!

You can make these brownies without the fruit flakes, and they will be still be beautiful, and you can also use whatever flavour fruit flakes you like...the tropical goes well!

Ingredients

125g white choc

100g butter

3 large eggs

150g caster sugar

100g chopped white chocolate (or white choc chips)

1tsp vanilla extract

125g plain flour

1/2 teaspoon of baking powder

1 pack of fruit flakes (I used strawberry flavour)

Firstly, you will need to preheat your oven to 180 degrees, 160 fan or gas mark 4, and line a 23cm square tin with baking paper. 

Put the 125g of white chocolate and 100g butter in a bowl over a saucepan of boiling water and melt gently - don't let the water touch the bottom of the bowl. 

The melted butter and chocolate does not look as glorious as when you make brownies with dark chocolate, it looks a little like it has separated, this is normal, do not think you have made a mistake.

When all the butter and chocolate has melted, take the bowl off the heat, and mix in your sugar. 

Again, this is so different from making dark chocolate brownies, white chocolate is a totally different ingredient!

Crack your 3 eggs in a bowl and whisk until they start to go pale. I normally do this while the chocolate and butter is melting. Then stir those in, and add the flour, until your mixture looks like so: 

Still looks funny, do not worry!

Now add your chopped white chocolate (or choc chips) and fruit flakes. 

Fold these in and pour into your baking tray, and bake for 20-25 minutes. 

Starting to look appetising now eh?!

YUM! 

Now leave it to cool in the tin before removing and slicing up. It tastes much more like a brownie the following day, but if, like me, you cannot wait until the next day, a little chunk of this with custard makes a great dessert (but leave some for the next day to try!)

Now to hide it where no one else can find it (ulnless of course you do not mind sharing!)

Enjoy! xx