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Hip-hip-hooray, I made blondies today!
I also made a list. It’s a blatant attempt to persuade you into baking these white chocolate, lemon, ginger blondies. There are worse things…
Ready? Let’s go!
Blondies, and 5 reasons you should make them:
1) It’s Monday. Mondays mean things like early mornings, errands, exercise, and email email email. Dessert is mandatory on Mondays. Amen.
2) Sugar, butter, and chocolate are a sly distraction from the mountain of laundry you didn’t take to the cleaners over the weekend. Ginger and lemon smell great and will rid your mind of laundry anxiety. At least until you realize you wore your last pair of clean socks today… Oops.
3) There’s only one bowl involved in this adventure. OK. One bowl, one pan, and one spoon. But, that’s it! You don’t need a sink full of dishes right now.
4) Your pretty little face will be lusting for something-something in the sweets department tomorrow. Because tomorrow is Tuesday. And that means we’ve still got 4 days left till the weekend. Blondie please!
5) Ice cream. Ice cream and blondies are meant for each other. And if you haven’t had a blondie ice cream sandwich yet, prepare to get your mind blown.
White chocolate, lemon, and ginger are a powerful combination, and play off each other brilliantly!
Spicy crystalized ginger is calmed by luscious white chocolate which is brightened up by lovely lemon zest.
Bright, fresh, and full of zing, this is one pretty pan of blondies.
Are you sold?
White Chocolate, Lemon, and Ginger Blondies – Baker by Nature
1 stick (8oz) butter, melted
3/4 cup dark brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon ginger powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon lemon zest
1 cup white chocolate chips
1/4 cup crystalized ginger pieces
Preheat oven to 350 degrees (F). Butter an 8×8 baking dish and set aside. In a large bowl, mix melted butter and sugar together until smooth. Add egg and vanilla and beat until well combined. Stir in flour, salt, and ginger powder, mix until just combined. With a wooden spoon gently stir in lemon zest and white chocolate chips. Pour mixture into prepared pan and press ginger pieces on top. Bake for 25-28 minutes, or until golden brown around the edges and set in the middle. Cool completely before cutting.
I’ve never ever had ginger in a blondie but it sounds fantastic!
One bowl? Ice cream? You bet I’m sold, girl! These sound amazing. And dessert is mandatory every day! 😉
Dessert everyday keeps the tears away…that’s my motto 😉
This might be a chocolate recipe I’d be willing to try. Your reasons sold me. 😉 (And the pictures too.)
I hope you do!
Love these! That’s what I use for my recipe, but I use 1 c rather than 3/4 c brown sugar. I dont use baking soda or powder like I see some people use and love that you skipped it – nice and dense that way 🙂 And those ginger hunks and powder and the white choc – WINNER!!!
The ginger chunks were amazing! I actually use to use 1 cup of brown sugar too, but I found I enjoyed the less sweet (and come on now, they’re still mega sweet) version with 3/4 sugar a little more. Both are decadent, though!
Very convincing list! 😉 I still have yet to try blondies and I don’t know why! They always sound so good! And you have a very intriguing flavor combo in this recipe 🙂
You’ve gotta try them!!
#1 and 3 are good enough reason for me to give it a try! I’m tiny bit scared by the amount of brown sugar and butter. I know it’s a must to make delicious blondies and I’ll follow exact recipe. But I really wonder how the bakers can stay fit baking and making delicious desserts all the time? Workout, portion control and sharing with others seem to be the key, but I fail in all three. LOL. Oh well. xD This looks so good Ashley!
I try and limit myself to one piece of everything I make… I fail often. You really should treat yourself to a tray of blondies once in a while, though 😉 you deserve it!
white chocolate and ginger are so beautifully paired. love trying out new blondie recipes and this one is surely on my list next 🙂
Woo-hoo! I hope you make them (AND love them!). Let me know!
Gotta love a list that proclaims dessert is mandatory on Mondays 🙂
It so so is!
I am a big fan of blondies. I’m going to go ahead and follow your orders to bake these. Love the flavors!
yay! thanks, cassie 😉
Love the combination of flavors here! I already love the combo of lemon + ginger + can only imagine how much tastier they are when chocolate gets involved. and the idea of making them into an ice cream sandwich. Consider my mind blown, sister – that is GENIUS! =)
Thanks. girl!! Get on that ice cream sandwich via blondie pieces ASAP!