Sunday, September 2, 2012

38 #SundaySupper: Gluten Free Lemon Blondies

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gluten free, recipe, blondie, brownieHey everyone, its Labor Day Weekend in America, so I hope everyone's had an enjoyable and relaxing day so far! I'm hosting a cookout tomorrow for Labor Day with friends that are in town, so I figured I would share this Gluten Free Lemon Blondie recipe. 

For those who aren't familiar, blondies have a comparable texture to chocolate brownies, but normally include brown sugar and vanilla in the place of chocolate and plain white sugar for a different taste, and slightly different texture. I love adding lemon to recipes, so I decided to add a large volume of lemon zest to brighten the recipe and add a strong citrus flavor.

Tip: If you want a quicker cooking time, and easy to serve blondies, bake each blondie individually in greased muffin tins. Unless you have corner pieces. Then I recommend just baking them in a traditional 9 inch square pan. It'll take an additional 5 minutes cooking time.

Please check out the other Labor Day recipes people have shared today with the links below, and join us in a twitter discussion at 7pm. To participate, look for the SundaySupper tag starting at 7pm. 


Labor Day Cookout Recipes:

Starters & Snacks

Main Dishes

Salads & Sides

Drinks

Desserts

Wine Pairings

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Gluten Free Lemon Blondies

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Bake Time: 18 minutes
Serves:  10 blondies

Ingredients
1/2 cup room temperature butter
1 cup light brown sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
zest of four lemons
1/2 cup sweet white rice flour
1/2 cup tapioca flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda

Steps
Preheat the oven to 350F. Grease the inside of 10 muffin tins.

In a medium bowl, whip the butter and sugar together until combined. Whip in the egg, vanilla, and zest until combined and smooth.

Fold in the powder, soda, and flours until a thick and creamy batter has formed. Distribute evenly into the 10 muffin tins, and bake in the oven for 18 minutes at 350F, or until a toothpick comes out clean when removed.

38 comments:

  1. I love lemon muffins. They always remind me of home. The recipe seems very easy to follow. I think I'll give it a try next week. Thanks!

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  2. I love the idea of lemon blondies...and making them in muffin tins makes such nice presentation (and no cutting necessary at the cookout!). Enjoy your Labor Day and Happy #SundaySupper!

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    1. Yup, definitely the idea! Its also helps the gluten free baking keep its form better.

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  3. I love blondies! I have rice flour can I adapt it to make "sweet rice flour" T.R.?

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    1. You definitely can substitute the rice flour for the sweet rice flour. The sweet rice flour just has a higher starch content, and produces a slightly starchier batter.

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  4. I'll bet the lemon is great in these. Good call.

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  5. I have a friend that's newly gluten-free. I'm sending her this fabulous recipe!

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  6. I love blondies! What a delicious gluten free dessert.

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  7. I love all things lemon! I can just imagine how delicious these blondies must taste. :)

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  8. I have a friend who is always looking for gluten-free recipes. This is a good one and I am sending it to her right away.

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  9. Gosh, I'm loving all the lemon in this week's #SundaySupper desserts! I've never had a blondie with lemon flavors, but I'm sure I would like it. And it being a gluten-free recipe will be much appreciated by so many.

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  10. I am always looking for good gluten-free recipes and lemon blondies sound so good! I am going to have to try them!

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  11. My cousin bakes a lot of gluten free treats, and I'm always impressed with how yummy they are!

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    1. I've gotten that a lot from people as well. One secret to increasing the tastiness of gluten free foods is to include potato starch in the flour blend. Glutino does that with their gluten free pretzels and they are heaven.

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  12. Hard to believe it's gluten free! Looks amazing!

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  13. You got me at lemon, one of my favorite flavors!

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  14. This is an awesome recipe that I can't wait to try! Thank you for sharing during #Sundaysupper. Love that you are part of our team. I am really enjoying your recipes.

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    1. Thank you so much! I'm going through all of the recipes and they all seem amazing!

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  15. Wonderful gf recipe! Rice flour and lemon work perfectly together. Happy Labor Day!

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  16. Bob loves anything lemon. Thank you for the recipe.

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  17. Blondies are one of my favorite desserts. A lemon version sounds great!

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  18. This is great!!! I love lemon - will need to try it! Thank you for sharing :)

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  19. love that you baked these in a muffin tin! great recipe! hope you have a great weekend! :)

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  20. I love lemon anything. What a great way to use up your extra lemons.

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  21. Lemon zest in blondies what a great idea! I need to give these a try for my lemon addicted husband.

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  22. I am shamed to admit I have never had a blondie. I know it's a tragedy. We'll fix that very soon with your yummy lemon gluten free blondies.

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  23. Looks great, I shared this with my GF buddies :)

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  24. I like the idea of using a muffin tin for brownies. Thanks for sharing!

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  25. I love blondies, and these lemon blondies sound amazing. Yum!

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  26. I love a great blondie and the little muffin version looks perfect for a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream!

    Jamie @ www.mamamommymom.com

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    1. Such a great idea, I'll have to try it next time I make them!

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  27. Thank you for the follow on Twitter - and the link to your blog! This recipe looks AMAZING! Have you thought about serving them with a handful of blackberries? Or adding some dried cherries into the mix?

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    1. thanks! Both of those sound like really great ideas, I love the flavor combo of cherries and lemons.

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