Many thanks to Mands (@mands5781) for this amazing recipe and photograph!
These delicious Blondies (a twist on their brownie cousins) will help you through any late afternoon sugar lull – perfect with a cuppa! They are just 1sp each on No Count or Freestyle.
Ingredients (makes 9):
- 32g ready oats (eg: Asda Ready Oats/Ready Brek)
- 13g ground almonds
- 15g sweetener of your preference
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1tsp baking powder
- 3 medium eggs
- 2 ripe bananas
- 50g fat free natural yoghurt
- 2tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp vanilla bean paste
- a pinch of salt
- 40g raspberries – pulled into halves gently
- 15g white chocolate chips
- 10g freeze dried raspberries
Method
- Mash the bananas and beat well with the egg yolks, vanilla, sweetener and yoghurt.
- Lightly whisk the egg white and fold in.
- Add the oats, ground almonds, baking powder, cinnamon and salt and mix well.
- Reserve appx 1/3 of the raspberries, freeze dried raspberries and white chocolate chips until the end, and add the other 2/3 into the mix.
- Pour into a greaseproof papered brownie tin, and add the rest of the dried and fresh raspberries and white chocolate to the top.
- Bake on 180C for 25mins.
- Allow to cool in the brownie tin and cut into portions.
Enjoy!
Baked these today. Absolutely lovely and firm enough to take to work to have with my morning cuppa. Thank you! Xx
Hi Julie, really glad you enjoyed these: Mandy will be pleased too!Enjoy the rest of your weekend:-)Helen xxxxx
Just made them . They are delicious
Brilliant!Really glad you enjoyed them – and thanks for letting us know:-)Helen xxxxx
Not the best baker in the world but my daughter and I love them,a sweet treat for her whilst doing her dissertation. Thank you x
Lovely to hear from you Ann, and glad you like these.
Could you give the calorie count ofa piece
Hi Hillary, I’m really sorry but I don’t work out the calories of any of the foods I eat.I just know if it’s free or whether I have to point it.Helen xxxx
Made these a few times now and just love them as do the rest of my family.Had no choc chips left today so added a white choc options to the mix instead – very nice. Thank you for your lovely recipes, slowly working my way through them x
Hi Tracy, the white choc options sounds like a good replacement for the choc chips – my hubby is just out shopping for some more:-)I’m glad you and you’re family are enjoying the recipes – there’s certainly a great variety of food we can enjoy while trying to lose or maintain weight.I hope you have a lovely week ahead!Helen xxxx
Tasted really nice – I worked out the calories to be 79 per slice (it was cutinto 10 portions ) so really low treat for those of us following a calorie controlled diet – Thanks very much
Hi Claire,I’m really glad you enjoyed these – and thank you for working out the calories as that will be a good help for others who are calorie counting:-)Hope you have a lovely week ahead,Helen xxxxx
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I’ve just made these and they are
Hi Ann, it’s great to hear that you all enjoyed these – I bet they were great with blueberries! Enjoy the rest of your week:-)Helen xxxx
So pleased this is back,and amazing recipe from Mands
Awww thank you so much Jeanette, and Mands blondies are awesome:-)Enjoy the rest of your week and I hope you have a very happy Easter,Helen xxxx