Flourless Chocolate Swirl Blondies
Chocolate swirl blondies are going to become one of your favorite sweet treats! They're an equally delicious cousin to brownies, but these come with a chocolate swirl that takes them up a notch! Fancy looking but incredibly simple to make, they're another treat that shows that flourless and gluten-free can be fabulous!
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 31 min
- Yield
- 16 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 cup almond flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2/3 cup almond butter
- 2 eggs
- 6 tablespoons maple syrup
- 3 tablespoons neutral-flavored oil ((eg. canola, extra light olive oil, etc.))
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
- 1/2 teaspoon neutral-flavored oil
- 1/3 cup chopped nuts ((walnuts, pecans, etc.))
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven 350F/180C.
- 2
Pour boiling water into a bowl or measuring cup about 3/4 full.
- 3
In a bowl large enough to rest on the top of the measuring cup without touching the water, add the chocolate chips and let them melt.
- 4
Stir the chocolate chips occasionally until chocolate is completely melted and smooth.
- 5
Leave bowl of melted chocolate over the hot water while you prepare the rest of the ingredients.
- 6
Combine almond flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl and whisk together. Set aside.
- 7
In mixing bowl, add almond butter, egg, maple syrup, oil, and vanilla. Beat with a whisk until well mixed.
- 8
Add dry ingredients to the wet and whisk to combine.
- 9
Stir chopped nuts into the blondie batter, if desired.
- 10
Transfer blondie batter to a parchment-lined square baking pan and spread out evenly.
- 11
Using a spoon or spatula, drizzle melted chocolate onto blondie batter in multiple parallel rows.
- 12
Drag a toothpick in a perpendicular direction to the chocolate rows, creating swirls as you move the toothpick back and forth.
- 13
Continue to drag the toothpick diagonally through the chocolate to create more swirls.
- 14
Bake for 20 minutes.
- 15
Let cool for 5 minutes. Use the parchment paper to help transfer the blondies to a rack to cool completely.
- 16
Cut into squares.