Vegan Recipe: Cherry Blondies

This is a delicious sweet treat for any occasion! A blondie is a brownie that has been made with white chocolate instead of milk or dark chocolate.

Ingredients (for a large blondie):

- White chocolate. We used a bag of white Sweet William melting buttons

- 3/4 cup dairy free butter substitute of your choice, melted

- 2 bags of glace cherries, chopped into halves

- 2 1/2 cups of plain flour. You may find you need more flour depending on the flour you select. We used a gluten free variety and added another 3/4 to 1 cup to thicken the blondie. You can use a little less flour if you prefer a blondie with a gooey middle.

- 1 1/2 cups of caster sugar. You can use less if you prefer a less sweet treat.

- The equivalent of 4 eggs made with vegan egg substitute. This can be purchased at most food stores.

- Almonds to stir through or decorate the top of the blondie.

Method:

- Melt your chocolate. You can do this over the stove but we used the microwave.

- Stir through the butter substitute. We used an electric mixer but it can be done by hand.

- Add egg substitute and mix. 

- Add sugar and mix, then add the chopped glace cherries.

- Stir through flour and the batter will form. 

- Line a slice tray with baking paper. This blondie does not tend to rise so it will be the size of the pan you choose. 

- Add the batter to the pan and decorate with almonds.

- Bake for between 45 and 65 minutes, testing with a skewer until the blondie is the consistency you want in the middle. Some people like a gooey blondie, other prefer one with a cake-like consistency.

- Cool and cut into pieces and enjoy!