White Chocolate Cashew Blondies Food

WHITE CHOCOLATE CASHEW BLONDIES

Steps:

• Grease and line your 8 inch square baking pan and pre heat oven to 175 C / 325 F / Gas 3
• Beat sugar & eggs until light.
• Melt butter & chocolate in microwave in 20 second intervals until completely melted.
• Combine flour and salt and add to egg mixture.
• Add chocolate & butter, mix well.
• Break the cashew nuts using the end of a rolling pin, I like mine quite chunky and without all the crumbs. Then spoon them into the batter.
• Pour batter into the baking tin and bake for 30 - 40 minutes. Check with a skewer the center is not runny.
• Allow them to cool on a rack and cut into squares after they have cooled. If you try and cut them whilst they are still hot, they will be too gooey, and you can't cut them nice.

CHEWY WHITE CHOCOLATE CASHEW COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees and very lightly grease a baking sheet OR line with parchment or a baking mat.
• In a medium bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• In a large bowl cream together butter and sugars.
• Mix in eggs and vanilla.
• Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix until just combined.
• Stir in chocolate chips and cashew pieces.
• Use a large cookie scoop (I actually use an ice cream scoop) to scoop cookie dough into mounds and arrange at least 2-3 inches apart on your prepared baking sheet.
• Bake for 9-11 minutes until cookies begin to brown just around the very edges. Allow to cool on the pan for 5-10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Repeat with remaining cookie dough. Store in airtight container up to 1 week (though they won't make it that long without being eaten - just sayin').

WHITE CHOCOLATE-CASHEW BUTTERSCOTCH BLONDIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom of 13x9-inch pan with baking spray with flour. In large bowl, beat butter and brown sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Add eggs; beat on medium-high speed until fluffy. Add flour, baking powder and salt; beat on low speed until mixed.
• With spoon, stir in white chocolate and 3/4 cup of the cashews until well mixed. Spread in pan. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup cashews; press down lightly.
• Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until edges look dry, center is set and toothpick inserted 2 inches from edge of pan comes out clean. Cool completely, about 1 hour. For bars, cut into 8 rows by 4 rows.

WHITE CHOCOLATE BLONDIES

Steps:

• Grease a 21 x 21cm brownie tin with a little butter, then line the base and sides with baking parchment. Place the butter and 100g white chocolate in a bowl, suspended over a pan of gently simmering water. Stir every few mins, until the butter and chocolate have melted. Remove the bowl from the pan and leave to cool for 15 mins. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Combine the flour and baking powder in a bowl, with 1/4 tsp salt.
• Place the sugar and eggs in a large bowl. Using an electric hand whisk, beat the mixture until it looks thick and foamy - this will take a few mins. The egg mixture is ready when it leaves a trail from the beaters, which sits on the surface for 2 secs.
• Add the vanilla to the melted chocolate and give it a good stir - don't worry if it has separated. Pour into the whisked eggs and sugar. Use a spatula to gently fold everything together, until most of the buttery streaks have been folded in. Sieve the flour mixture into the bowl and fold together again, add the remaining chocolate chunks and stir until well combined.
• Pour the mixture into your tin, smoothing it into the corners. Bake for 30-35 mins for soft centred blondies (if you prefer a cakey texture, leave for another 5 mins). Check if the blondies are cooked by giving the tin a gentle shake, they should be mostly set but a little bit of a wobble in the centre is fine. Cool completely in the tin - the blondies will sink in the middle as they cool, just like brownies. If you try to remove the blondies too soon, they will be too soft to cut, so be patient. Once cool, cut into 16 squares. The blondies will keep for 5 days in a sealed container.

CASHEW WHITE CHOCOLATE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Stir together, flour and baking soda. Set aside.
• In large mixing bowl, combine margarine, white sugar, and brown sugar.
• Add eggs, one at a time - beat until incorporated. Add vanilla.
• Gradually, mix in flour mixture. Stir in chocolate and cashews.
• Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto parchment lined OR ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake 6 to 8 minutes, OR until edges are just turning brown. Do not overbake.
• Cool 5 minutes before removing from cookie sheets to cool on rack.
• *Cashews - put cashews in a ziplock bag. Close. Use a rolling pin to break cashews into medium to large pieces.
• NOTE: Yield and Time to Make depends on size of cookies.

WHITE CHOCOLATE-FROSTED CASHEW BLONDIES

Steps:

• BLONDIES: Preheat oven to 350*F; grease an 8-or-9" square baking pan.
• In a food processor fitted with the metal blade, process 1/2 cup of the cashews until ground; place in a medium bowl.
• Coarsely chop the remaining cashews; set aside.
• Add the brown sugar, oil, vanilla, and eggs to the ground cashews; beat well.
• Add the flour, baking powder, salt (if using), and chopped cashews; mix well.
• Spread batter evenly in the prepared pan; bake for 20-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool for 1 hour on a wire rack.
• MAKE THE FROSTING: In a small saucepan over low heat, melt the white chocolate, stirring constantly; remove pan from heat.
• Add the butter, milk, and powdered sugar; beat until smooth.
• Spread evenly over the cooled bars; cut into squares.
• Garnish each with a whole cashew, if desired.