Charmaine Broughton Blog Recipe Coconut Blonde Brownies delicious doable sweet treat

CTV Morning Live Ottawa ~ Delicious & Doable Sweet Treat

My new cookbook (‘Delicious & Doable’) is filled with mostly nutrient-dense recipes ~ however, I truly believe one of the healthiest things you can do in life is have your cake (or in this case: Coconut Rum Blondies) and eat it too! Seriously, life is far too short not to indulge in the occasional delicious doable sweet treat (or two!).

Delicious Doable Sweet Treat: Coconut Rum Blondies

I dare ya to have just one!

Ingredients

  • ½ cup (125 mL) softened butter
  • 1 cup (250 mL) lightly packed brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tbsp (30 mL) quality dark rum
  • 1 tsp (5 mL) pure vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp (2 mL) coconut extract
  • 1 cup (250 mL) all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup (250 mL) flaked sweetened coconut
  • 1/4 tsp (1 mL) salt
  • 1/2 cup (125 mL) white chocolate chips

Garnish

  • 1 oz (30 g) melted white chocolate
  • 2 tbsp (30 mL) toasted coconut flakes

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C).
  2. Beat butter with sugar, eggs, rum, vanilla, and coconut extract.
  3. Add dry ingredients and beat until evenly combined (batter will be thick).
  4. Spread batter into an 8 x 8-inch square baking pan lined with parchment paper on the bottom and up the sides of the pan.
  5. Place in the centre of the preheated oven and bake for about 30 minutes, until the top is set, and blondies just start to come away from the sides.
  6. Cool completely.
  7. Drizzle with melted white chocolate and sprinkle evenly with coconut.
  8. Cut into 16 squares and store in an airtight container for up to 1 week (but they won’t last that long).

Delicious & Doable Tip: No booze? No Problem! Simply up the vanilla extract to 1 tbsp (15 mL).

Peanut, Dried Fruit, and Rosemary Bark

Click here for the recipe from PeanutBureau.ca

This decadent chocolate bark makes a perfect holiday gift from the kitchen. No doubt this treat will become a gift-giving favourite. Darn good thing it doubles easily! Another delicious and doable sweet treat!

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