White Chocolate Lime Blondies
Chewy lime flavored bar cookies filled with macadamia nuts, white chocolate.
Servings 16
Cost 5
Ingredients
- ¾ cup sugar (150 grams)
- 3-4 tablespoons lime zest (from 2 limes) (15 grams)
- 6 tablespoons butter, softened until squishy (84 grams)
- 1 large egg room temperature
- ¾ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ⅛ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt, scant
- 1 cup minus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour (110 grams)
- 2 tablespoons flaked coconut, can be unsweetened or sweetened (optional)
- ¼ cup lightly salted or unsalted macadamia nuts, finely chopped
- ⅔ cup white chocolate chips or about 3.5 oz white chocolate, chopped
Lime Glaze
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1-2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F.
- Line an 8-inch square pan with foil and grease the bottom only.
- Zest your limes first to get that out of the way. Lime zest measurements can be weird. I used the zest of two medium size limes which ended up being about 4 fluffy tablespoons with a weight of 15 grams.
- In a mixing bowl, using the paddle attachment of a stand mixer or just using a scraper, mix the sugar and your lime zest for about a minute so that lime zest releases its oil into the sugar. Enjoy the aroma therapy.
- Add the squishy soft butter to the bowl and beat until creamy, then add the egg and vanilla and beat by hand or on low until blended and smooth. Don't whip, just beat until blended.
- Add the baking powder, baking soda and salt directly to the batter and stir until blended, scraping the side of the bowl to make sure everything is evenly distributed, then add the flour and coconut and mix until blended.
- Lastly, stir in the white chocolate and macadamia nuts.
- Spread the mixture evenly in the pan. You can dampen your fingers with a tiny bit of lime juice and tap it down or do it with the scraper.
- Bake for 25 minutes, or until the blondies appear set and the edges are very lightly browned.
- Let cool for about 20 to 30 minutes at room temperature, then place the pan in the refrigerator. Chilling improves the texture.
- Remove the bars from the pan and drizzle with lime glaze To make lime glaze, put ½ cup of powdered sugar in a bowl. Spoon fresh lime juice into the powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon at a time, stirring until mixture is smooth and opaque with a consistency for drizzling.