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Tahini Pear Ginger Chocolate Chip Blondies

Nutty, tender whole wheat blondies with juicy pear pieces, a lively fresh-ginger warmth, a hint of cardamom and melty chocolate under a toasty sesame top.

Tahini Pear Ginger Chocolate Chip Blondies

Ingredients

  • ⅓ cup70 gUnsalted buttermelted and slightly cooled
  • ⅓ cup80 gTahiniwell stirred
  • ⅔ cup packed150 gBrown sugarpacked
  • 1 large50 gEggsroom temperature
  • 1¼ tsp5 gVanilla extract
  • 2½ tbsp grated15 gFresh gingerfinely grated
  • 1¼ cups140 gWhole wheat flour
  • 1¾ tsp3 gGround ginger
  • 1 tsp2 gGround cardamom
  • ¾ tsp4 gBaking powder
  • ¼ tsp2 gSalt
  • ¾ cup sliced120 gPearspeeled, cut into 1/2-inch dice and patted dry
  • ⅔ cup110 gSemisweet chocolate chips
  • 1 tbsp10 gSesame seeds

Steps

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Line an 8-inch square pan with parchment, leaving an overhang on two sides.
  2. Melt the butter in a small pan over low heat and let it cool for 5 minutes while you grate the fresh ginger and dice the pear, patting the pear dry with a towel.
  3. In a large bowl, whisk the melted butter, tahini and brown sugar until smooth and glossy, about 1 minute.
  4. Whisk in the egg, vanilla and grated fresh ginger until combined.
  5. In a separate bowl, whisk the whole wheat flour, ground ginger, cardamom, baking powder and salt.
  6. Fold the flour mixture into the tahini mixture with a spatula just until no dry streaks remain.
  7. Fold in the diced pear and three-quarters of the chocolate chips, then spread the batter evenly in the pan.
  8. Scatter the remaining quarter of the chocolate chips and the sesame seeds over the top.
  9. Bake 32 to 36 minutes, until the edges are golden and a toothpick in the center comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs but no wet batter.
  10. 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, Gluten, Sesame. Some brands contain soy.

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