Gingerbread Blondies - ★Cooking Recipes★

A moist bar with all the flavour of classic gingerbread cookies and the soft texture of brownies.

Courtesy of Jennifer Low.
Directions for: Gingerbread Blondies

Ingredients

Gingerbread Blondies

2 cup (625 mL) all-purpose flour

grated zest of 1 orange

2 tsp (10 mL) cinnamon

2 tsp (10 mL) ground ginger

1 tsp (5 mL) baking soda

tsp (2 mL) baking powder

tsp (1 mL) salt

tsp (0.5 mL) ground cloves

cup (150 mL) unsalted butter, room temperature

1 cup (250 mL) firmly packed brown sugar

2 Tbsp (30 mL) white sugar

1 egg

cup (125 mL) molasses

Glaze

1 cup (250 mL) icing sugar, sifted

1 Tbsp (15 mL) lemon juice

1 Tbsp (15 mL) orange juice

Directions

Gingerbread Blondies

1. Preheat oven to 350 F (180 C). Grease and flour a 9 x 13-inch (23 x 32-cm) pan or line bottom with parchment paper.

2. In bowl, mix flour, orange zest, cinnamon, ground ginger, baking soda, baking powder, salt and ground cloves. Set aside.

3. In separate bowl, using either electric handheld or stand mixer, beat butter until fluffy. Gradually beat in brown and white sugars, egg and molasses. Gradually beat in flour mixture.

4. Scrape into prepared pan.

5. Bake on middle rack of oven 25 to 28 minutes, until edges are lightly browned and surface is no longer shiny. Cool completely.

Glaze

1. Mix icing sugar with lemon and orange juice until smooth. Spread on cooled blondies. Let glaze set at room temperature for about an hour. Cut into 30 Gingerbread Blondie bars. Store in a single layer in a sealed container in fridge up to a day.

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