Every Helping
Sign in

Baking recipe · from the recipe book

Fresh Ginger Molasses Walnut Blondies

Chewy, fudgy blondies with a bright bite of fresh ginger, deep molasses warmth, cinnamon and cloves, toasted walnuts and a crackly sugared top.

Fresh Ginger Molasses Walnut Blondies

Ingredients

  • ½ cup115 gUnsalted buttermelted and slightly cooled
  • ¾ cup packed170 gBrown sugarpacked
  • 2 tbsp40 gMolasses
  • 2 large100 gEggsroom temperature
  • 3½ tbsp grated20 gFresh gingerpeeled and finely grated
  • 1 tsp4 gVanilla extract
  • 1½ cups180 gAll-purpose flour
  • 2¼ tsp4 gGround ginger
  • 1⅛ tsp3 gGround cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp0.5 gGround cloves
  • ¾ tsp3 gBaking powder
  • ½ tsp2.5 gSalt
  • ¾ cup chopped90 gWalnutstoasted and chopped
  • 1 tbsp12 gGranulated sugar

Steps

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C) and line an 8-inch square pan with parchment, leaving an overhang.
  2. Toast the walnuts on a dry baking sheet in the oven for 7 to 8 minutes until fragrant, cool, then chop.
  3. Melt the butter and let it cool for 5 minutes.
  4. In a large bowl, whisk the melted butter with the brown sugar and molasses until glossy.
  5. Whisk in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the grated fresh ginger and the vanilla.
  6. In a separate bowl, whisk the flour, ground ginger, cinnamon, cloves, baking powder and salt.
  7. Fold the flour mixture into the wet mixture just until no dry streaks remain.
  8. Fold in three quarters of the chopped walnuts.
  9. Spread the batter in the pan and scatter the remaining quarter of the walnuts on top.
  10. Sprinkle the granulated sugar evenly over the top of the batter for a crackly crust.
  11. Bake 24 to 28 minutes, until the edges are golden and a toothpick in the center comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs.
  12. Cool in the pan on a rack for at least 45 minutes, then lift out and cut into 12 bars.

Food safety: Don't taste raw dough or batter: raw flour and raw eggs can carry germs.

Contains: Milk, Egg, Tree nuts, Gluten.

Cook mode Log it in Today

Made it

Made it? Share how yours turned out.

Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

Want one that fits your numbers?

Pick the meal, the pan and your targets, and the Every Helping recipe generator writes a recipe with every number worked out. Free on the web.

Make a recipeMore from the recipe book