Squash blondies
Ingredients
for 16 pieces
| 1 | Hokkaido squash (approx. 800 g) |
| 200 g | cane sugar |
| 100 g | butter, melted, left to cool |
| 1 | egg yolk |
| 1 tsp | vanilla paste |
| ½ tsp | lemon juice |
| 160 g | white flour |
| ½ tsp | sodium bicarbonate |
| 1 ½ tsp | cinnamon |
| ¼ tsp | ginger powder |
| ¼ tsp | salt |
How it's done
Squash
Place the squash (whole) on a baking tray lined with baking paper.
To roast
Approx. 1 hr. in the centre of an oven preheated to 210 °C. Remove, allow the squash to cool slightly.
Squash puree
Cut open the squash, remove the seeds, scrape out the flesh, place in a measuring cup. Puree the squash, place 120 g in a bowl. Cover and refrigerate the remainder of the squash puree (see tip).
Batter
Add the sugar to the bowl of squash puree along with all the other ingredients up to and including the lemon juice, mix well. Combine the flour with all the other ingredients up to and including the salt, mix into the squash mixture using a rubber spatula. Transfer the batter to the prepared tin.
To bake
Approx. 30 mins. in the centre of an oven preheated to 180 °C. Take the blondie out of the oven, remove from the tin and leave to cool on a rack. Cut the blondie into 16 slices.
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