Blondie

Blondie is also known as a blond brownie, which looks similar to the chocolate brownie but it is paler colour as it doesn't contain chocolate. The main ingredients of blondie are butter, brown sugar, egg and flour. It often contains chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, walnuts etc.

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Blondie (Blond Brownie)
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120g butter
180g dark brown sugar
2 eggs
salt
vanilla extract
50g walnut
150g plain flour
80g white chocolate chips
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Preheat oven to 180°C.

Line a 20cm x 20cm baking pan with baking paper.
In a large bowl, combine melted butter and brown sugar, and mix well using a spatula.

Add eggs, vanilla and salt, chocolate chips, nuts and stir till well blended.

Add sifted flour into the mixture.

Pour the mixture in the lined baking pan. Bake in the oven for 20 - 25 minutes.

Remove from oven and cool. Cut into small pieces.

Short Bread

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Short Bread
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250g unsalted butter
100g caster sugar
250g plain flour
125g cornflour
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Preheat oven to 160°C.

In a large bowl, combine softened butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

Add plain flour and cornflour and mix lightly.

Press into a lined baking tin about 1.5 - 2 cm thick, and prick with a fork.
Bake in the oven for about 50 minutes.

While warm sprinkle with caster sugar if you wish.
Cut into fingers.

[Passionfruit Short Bread]

Add 2 passionfruits pulp, including seeds and juice after mixing butter and sugar,
and add flour.

Brookies 2 - Brownie Cookies

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Chocolate Brownie Cookies
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115g butter, melted
2 tablespoons oil
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/3 cups self-raising flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
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Preheat oven to 180°C.
Line 2 baking trays with baking paper.

In a large bowl, mix melted butter, oil, cocoa powder and sugar. Add egg and vanilla, and beat until incorporated.

Stir in flour and chocolate chips.

Scoop a table spoonful of dough onto the line baking trays. Press them down to your desire thickness.

Bake them in the preheated oven for 12 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool on the baking tray for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Passionfruit & Coconut Pie

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Passionfruit & Coconut Pie
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4 egg whites
4 egg yolks
3/4 cup sugar
125g butter, melted
4 passionfruits (pulp & juice), about 1/2 cup
1/2 plain flour
1 cup desiccated coconut
1 1/3 cup (335ml) lukewarm milk

icing sugar
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Preheat oven to 150°C.
Line a 20cm x 20cm square tin with baking paper.

In a large bowl, beat the egg white until stiff peaks, and then set aside.

In another bowl, beat the egg yolks with sugar. Add melted butter and passionfruits, and mix well.

Add the flour, coconut and lukewarm milk, mix until combined.
Gently fold in the egg whites with a spatula, and pour into the lined tin.

Bake for about 60 minutes until golden colour.
Cool and cut into square pieces, and dust icing sugar over the top to serve.

Apple Pie Slices

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Apple Pie Slices
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115g unsalted butter, softened
40g sugar
pinch of salt
125g plain flour

2 large apples, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons plain flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

40g rolled oats
50g brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
30g plain flour
60g unsalted butter
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Preheat oven to 150°C.
Line 20cm x 20cm squire baking tin.

[base]
In a bowl, mix softened butter, sugar and salt, and add flour and stir until combined. Press the mixture into the lined baking tin evenly. Bake for 15 minutes. 

[filling]
In a large bowl, combine the sliced apple, flour, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg together. Set aside.

[crumble topping]
In a small bowl, stir oats, brown sugar, cinnamon and flour. Add the chilled butter and mix by hands until the resembles coarse crumbs. Set aside.

Remove the base from the oven, and turn the oven to 180°C.

Put the apple mixture on the top of the warm base evenly and press them down. Sprinkle the topping and bake for 30-35 minutes.

Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 30 minutes, and then chill in the fridge. 

Take out from the baking tin and cut into small pieces to serve.