Peanut Butter and Chocolate Blondies

Chewy gooey combo between a brownie and a cookie. Try it, they’re the absolute bomb!

Ingredients (Makes 12)

• 250g unsalted butter

• 330g soft brown sugar

• 120g golden caster sugar

• 2 eggs

• 4 egg yolks

• 4 tsp vanilla essence

• ½ tsp baking powder

• ½ tsp fine sea salt

• 300g plain flour

• 250g good quality dark chocolate 

For the peanut butter swirls

• 25g coconut oil (melted)

• 100g smooth, runny peanut butter (like Pip & Nut)

• 40g icing sugar

• Handful peanuts (optional)

• Pinch of flaked salt to sprinkle on top (optional)

Method (Prep time: 30 minutes. Cooking time: 30 minutes)

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Warm a 20-25cm baking pan in the oven. 

2. Meanwhile, melt the butter in another pan until it starts to brown and smell nutty. This will take a few minutes. Then leave to cool. 

3. Melt the coconut oil and mix with peanut butter and icing sugar. Set aside.

4. Mix the sugar, cooled butter, eggs and vanilla essence in one bowl. Measure the flour, salt and baking powder, then combine the flour mixture with the rest.

5. Chop your dark chocolate into small pieces, and stir through the blondie mixture. Then remove your hot baking pan, and put a square of greaseproof paper on top. 

6. Pour your blondie mixture into the warm pan (it will melt the chocolate slightly, but that’s what you want). Then drizzle spoonfuls of the peanut butter mixture on top of the blondie mixture. Use your spoon to swirl it all together. 

7. Sprinkle a handful of peanuts and flaked sea salt on top.

8. Place in the oven for 30 minutes, until still soft and gooey in the middle. Cool slightly and cut into squares.