Description
This is the only blondie recipe you’ll ever need. These blondies are perfectly chewy and slightly caramel-y. Perfect with coffee or tea! Variations in the notes section below.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1/2 lb salted butter (8 oz or 2 sticks)
- 1 lb light brown sugar (16 oz)
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2–3 tbsp sprinkles (optional)
Instructions
- Add butter and brown sugar to small saucepan. Simmer over low heat, stirring continually, until butter is melted and sugar is fully incorporated, about 5 minutes. The mixture will resemble caramel sauce at this point but will still be slightly grainy. If at any point the mixture begins to boil, it is too hot.
- Once fully incorporated, turn off heat, carefully transfer to the bowl of your stand mixer (or a large mixing bowl if using a hand mixer) and let cool for about 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Preheat oven to 325 °F and grease a 9×13 inch baking pan.
- After the butter sugar mixture has cooled, add in eggs and vanilla and beat just until combined.
- Add in dry ingredients a bit at a time and beat on low until combined, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.
- If you are adding in nuts, chocolate chips, etc, fold them in to the batter.
- Pour the batter into the greased baking pan and spread out evenly. The batter will be thick! Top with sprinkles, if using.
- Bake for 30 minutes, until edges are just browning and pulling away from the pan slightly.
Notes
Variations:
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Blondies: Add 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips and 1 cup peanut butter chips
- White Chocolate Cranberry Blondies: Add 1 cup white chocolate chips and 1 cup Craisins
- Butterscotch Blondies: Add 1 cup butterscotch chips
- Cranberry Orange Blondies: Add 2 tablespoons fresh orange zest and 1 cup Craisins
- Toasted Pecan Blondies: Add 1 cup freshly toasted, chopped pecans
- Prep Time: 40 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
Keywords: blondies, bars, dessert, fall, baking
