Author Notes
Deliciously cakey and soft, these halva & dark chocolate blondies are subtly sweet, fragrant and guaranteed to make you crazy about halva. —Amaryllis Tsegou (The Tasty Other)
Ingredients
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1 3/4 cups
all purpose flour
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1 teaspoon
baking powder
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1/2 teaspoon
salt
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200 grams
unsalted butter, melted
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3
medium eggs
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1 teaspoon
pure vanilla extract
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120 grams
vanilla halva, crumbled
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1/3 cup
dark chocolate chips
Directions
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Preheat the oven to 170ºC/ 150ºC FAN (325F/ 300F), line a square baking pan with parchment paper and set aside.
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Combine the dry ingredients and set aside. Beat together the honey and butter and add the eggs, one at a time, incorporating well after each addition.
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Add the dry ingredients and combine; lastly, add the crumbled halva and chocolate chips and fold gently with a spatula, trying not to break the halva chunks.
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Pour into the baking pan and bake in the preheated oven for 20′, or until golden and an inserted bamboo skewer coming out clean.
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Remove from the oven, let cool in the pan for 5′ and then cool for a further 10′ on a wire rack. Slice and serve.
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Optional: to frost, mix together 3 tbsp cocoa powder, 4 tbs tahini, 2 tsp pure vanilla extract and a pinch of sea salt flakes. Spread liberally on the blondes before slicing.
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