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Peanut Butter Banana Chocolate Walnut Blondies

Dense, fudgy blondies with nutty peanut butter, sweet banana and a hint of oat chew, loaded with melty chocolate chips and crunchy walnuts.

Peanut Butter Banana Chocolate Walnut Blondies

Ingredients

  • ½ cup120 gPeanut butter, no salt addedwell stirred
  • 2 tbsp30 gUnsalted buttermelted and slightly cooled
  • ⅔ cup packed140 gBrown sugarpacked
  • 1 cup sliced150 gBananavery ripe, mashed
  • 2 large100 gEggsroom temperature
  • 1½ tsp6 gVanilla extract
  • 1 cup130 gWhole wheat flour
  • ½ cup40 gOld-fashioned rolled oats
  • ¾ tsp3 gBaking soda
  • ¼ tsp2 gSalt
  • ⅔ cup chopped80 gWalnutschopped
  • 1 cup150 gSemisweet chocolate chipsdivided
  • ¾ tsp3 gCanola oilfor greasing

Steps

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease an 8-inch square pan with the canola oil and line it with parchment, leaving an overhang.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk the peanut butter with the melted butter until smooth, then whisk in the brown sugar until thick and glossy.
  3. Whisk in the mashed banana, then the eggs one at a time, then the vanilla, until creamy.
  4. In a separate bowl, whisk the whole wheat flour, oats, baking soda and salt.
  5. Fold the flour mixture into the peanut butter mixture with a spatula until just combined.
  6. Fold in the chopped walnuts and about two-thirds of the chocolate chips.
  7. Spread the batter evenly in the pan and scatter the remaining one-third of the chocolate chips over the top, pressing them in lightly.
  8. Bake 28–32 minutes, until the edges are set and golden and a toothpick in the center comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs (melted chocolate aside).
  9. Cool in the pan on a rack for at least 1 hour, then lift out by the parchment 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, Peanuts, Gluten. Some brands contain soy.

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