Lemon & Blueberry Blondies!
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Deliciously sweet, light, lemon & blueberry blondies with white chocolate chunks!
So… yep, THESE ARE THE BEST. I am honestly astounded at how much I love these, and I am sure you will all love them as well. Think a gooey and delicious lemon flavoured blondie, with white chocolate chunks, and some fresh blueberries… my idea of heaven. I am lemon & blueberry obsessed as it is, so in a ~basicallywhitechocolatebrownie~its HEAVEN.
This recipe is basically based exactly on my white chocolate & raspberry blondies, and white chocolate & pistachio blondies and I’m not ashamed of that. It’s a recipe that works for me, and I have seen so many of you bake them as well that I couldn’t resist! Why mess with something that actually works?!
Blondies
Blondies, if you haven’t heard of them, are basically what is considered a white chocolate brownie. The idea is that a regular brownie usually has a base of dark chocolate, like mine do, or cocoa powder which is what makes them into a brownie. You’d think that you would want these to have a white chocolate base, and I have tried recipes like this, but I wasn’t a fan.
I much preferred just making it more of cake mixture style blondie, and adding in oodles of white chocolate. It worked really well for the other recipes, so I am sticking with it! I obviously had to make this lemon flavoured however so I thought lemon zest would be best. You can easily use lemon extract if you prefer (two teaspoons).
If, like me, you are a blondie superman, I have had lots of fun experimenting with blondie flavours! On my blog I now have soooo many, its actually hard to choose! With flavours like Rolo, Kinder Bueno, bakewell and even millionaires, this traybake is a guaranteed crowd pleaser for any occasion!
Lemon and blueberry
For these I used fresh blueberries, but they would still work with frozen. Frozen berries can often give out more liquid than fresh due to thawing, but they still work dandy when baked enough! They give a pop of colour in every slice, and just taste completely and utterly delicious. Obviously, if fruit isn’t your thing, then these wont be for you… but you could always just use the lemon, or just the blueberries with the white chocolate!
I used lemon zest in my blondies, but you can use a lemon extract if you don’t fancy buying fresh lemons for the recipe. I love using lemon zest in baking but you need to use unwaxed lemons so that you’re not accidentally grating wax into your bake.
Lemon and blueberry together is a wonderful combination – as good as strawberries and chocolate, apple and cinnamon and even caramel and ginger! If you love the taste of lemon and blueberry together like these lemon & blueberry blondies.. you might love my lemon & blueberry cake, and my lemon & blueberry cheesecake!
The blondie batter
The blondie batter for me is so easy to mix together and I adore it so much. I mix the butter and sugars, mix in my eggs, and in the flour, lemon zest and white chocolate and you have a good thick mixture.
- Butter – this can be actual real butter, a baking spread, or even a margarine
- Sugar – I use both light brown soft sugar and granulated sugar in these blondies, but all of one or all of the other works well
- Eggs – my blondies tend to use three as standard, I always use medium eggs, but two large and a yolk would work
- Flour – just regular plain flour, or you’ll have a cake texture. I also use cornflour for texture but this can be replaced with 25g more plain flour
- Lemon – I use the zest of a lemon here, but you can use 1-2tsp lemon extract if you prefer.
- White chocolate – for the chips in the blondie
- Blueberries – the main event, of course
Decoration
I obviously went a little further with the decoration because I am me after all… but thats that. You don’t have to drizzle white chocolate on the top, but why wouldn’t you want more chocolate in your life?!
I love to drizzle on some melted white chocolate, and then sprinkle over some lemon zest for an extra little decoration and flavour – but this is all optional.
Recipe updated April 2024
Every now and again I will update blog posts due to more knowledge, more practice, and what I prefer. However, I will always keep the original recipe on the post – and here it is:
- 250g unsalted butter, 250g caster sugar, 4 medium eggs, 200g plain flour, zest of 2 lemons, 250g white chocolate chips, 200g blueberries
- I melted the butter until smooth, and whisked in the sugar for 3-4 minutes until mousse like.
- Whilst whisking I poured in the melted butter slowly, and then I folded through the flour and lemon zest.
- Finally, the white chocolate and blueberries were also folded through.
- The mix was baked in the oven in a 9” square tin, at 160ºfan, for 35-40 minutes.
- It was decorated in the same way as it is now
Tips and Tricks
- I use a 9″ square tin for my blondie recipes
- This recipe was updated April 2024 – notes above on the original recipe
- These will last for 3-4+ days at room temperature, or in the fridge
- These will freeze for 3+ months
- You can swap the lemon zest to lemon extract if you prefer
- I use this white chocolate
Lemon and Blueberry Blondies!
Ingredients
- 200 g unsalted butter (melted)
- 125 g light brown soft sugar
- 125 g white granulated sugar
- 3 medium eggs
- Zest of 2 lemons
- 275 g plain flour
- 1 tbsp cornflour
- 200 g white chocolate chips
- 200 g blueberries
Decoration
- 50 g white chocolate (melted)
- lemon zest
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 160ºc fan and line a 9” square tin with parchment paper
- Mix the butter and sugars together in a bowl until combined
- Add eggs and lemon zest and mix
- Add flour, cornflour and chocolate chips
- Add blueberries and pour into 9” square tin
- Bake 160º fan 25-30+ minutes until there is a small wobble in the middle and leave to cool fully in the tin
- Drizzle melted white chocolate and add lemon zest, set in fridge for 2-3+ hours, and portion
Notes
- I use a 9" square tin for my blondie recipes
- This recipe was updated April 2024 - notes above on the original recipe
- These will last for 3-4+ days at room temperature, or in the fridge
- These will freeze for 3+ months
- You can swap the lemon zest to lemon extract if you prefer
- I use this white chocolate
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These were blummin delicious! However, they went very very soggy so I was wondering whether I could use dried blueberries and if so what the quantity would be?
I would start at 20g or so, and see how you go! Blueberries are so variable with their moisture sometimes x
Jane!! These are unbelievably delicious. I discovered your blog last week and even though I haven’t baked since I was around 12 (I am now 27) everything looks so delicious that I had a fever dream about blondies. I thought that was a sign to give it a whirl.
My friends are now stupefied and think I’ve been a secret master baker all this time, holding out on them! The truth is that you give so many helpful tips and instruction throughout your recipes that you make it easy for beginners. I followed your instructions to a T (including buying an oven thermometer – turns out mine runs cool!) and they came out perfect.
I’m picking up your recipe books and can’t wait for the third coming out in August 🙂 thank you for this wonderful free recipe and all the others. I am now off to bake your biscoff banana bread and fill up my bottom freezer drawer with more baked goods.
Ahhh this makes me so happy I am so glad you loved them and have baked again!! x
Does it have to be frozen or fresh blueberries
It can be either!
Hi, if I left the blueberries out and used lemon extract instead of lemon zest would the recipe be the same or would it need changing slightly?
Hiya! No this should be fine! Hope this helps! x