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Brown Butter Blondies, Portioned Properly

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Adapted from Brown Butter Blondies (Best Chocolate Chip Blondies) (Olives + Thyme — Megan) — rewritten with the infusion and dose worked in.
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Written at 5 mg per square. Pick yours and the ingredients, steps and label below follow — floored to 0.1 mg, never rounded up.

Ingredients · 16 squares · 80 mg total

12 Tbsp (170 g) unsalted butter, for browning4 Tbsp (57 g) infused butter, 20 mg THC per Tbsp (80 mg total), softened2 cups (240 g) all-purpose flour½ tsp baking powder1 tsp salt1¾ cups (350 g) light brown sugar2 large eggs, room temperature1 Tbsp vanilla extract1 cup (170 g) chocolate, butterscotch or white chocolate chips (optional)
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Stoney says: start low, go slow — the forest isn't going anywhere. Wait 90 minutes before seconds.
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Steps

  1. Line an 8×8 pan with parchment, leaving two long flaps so the slab lifts out in one piece. Heat the oven to 175 °C / 350 °F.
  2. Melt the 12 Tbsp plain butter in a small pan over low heat. Keep it moving as it foams; when the foam falls and toasted flecks settle on the bottom with a nutty smell, pour it — flecks and all — into a heatproof bowl.
  3. Let the browned butter sit 15–20 minutes, until it is barely warm to the touch and no longer steaming. This cooling step is the whole potency plan.
  4. Whisk the softened infused butter into the cooled brown butter until the mixture is one smooth, uniform fat with no streaks. It never goes back on the heat.
  5. Whisk the brown sugar into the butter, then the eggs and vanilla, beating about a minute until glossy and fully combined — an evenly mixed batter is an evenly dosed pan.
  6. In a second bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder and salt. Add to the wet bowl in two goes, stirring only until the last dry streak disappears. Fold in the chips if you want them.
  7. Scrape into the pan and spread flat and level, corner to corner — uneven depth means uneven squares.
  8. Bake 25–30 minutes, until the edges are set and the top is cracked and dry-looking. Cool completely in the pan before cutting; warm blondies tear and give you ragged, unequal portions.
  9. Lift out by the parchment and cut a strict 4×4 grid: halve, halve again, then rotate and repeat. Wipe the knife between cuts.
  10. Start low, go slow — one square, then wait a full two hours before thinking about a second.
  11. Label the tin: Brown Butter Blondies · 80 mg THC total · 5 mg per square · 16 squares · made [date] · 21+ only.