Maple Butter Blondies

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These Maple Butter Blondies are soft, chewy bars filled with walnuts and white chocolate, then served with a rich homemade maple-butter sauce. A scoop of vanilla ice cream and extra walnuts make them an especially indulgent fall or holiday dessert. They are perfect for Thanksgiving, entertaining, or anytime you want a warm dessert with plenty of maple flavor.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword comfort food, fall, party food, quick

Prep Time 16

Cook Time 39

Total Time 55

Servings servings

Calories 691kcal

Author Laura

Equipment

Ingredients

For the Blondies:

10 Tbsp butter room temperature
1 cup walnut pieces divided
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 ½ cups brown sugar
3 eggs
2 Tbsp vanilla
6 oz white chocolate cut into chunks

For the sauce:

⅓ cup maple syrup
6 Tbsp butter
¼ cup heavy whipping cream

Toppings:

vanilla ice cream
½ walnut pieces

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Line a 9 x13 inch baking pan with foil, leaving an overhang on two sides; butter the foil.
Pulse 1/2 cup of the walnuts in a food processor until almost fine (do not overprocess). Whisk the ground walnuts together with the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.
In another bowl, beat the butter and brown sugar together with a mixer on medium speed until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, scraping down the bowl with a rubber spatula. Beat in the vanilla.
Gradually beat in the dry ingredients just until combined. Fold in the white chocolate and the remaining 1/2 cup of walnut pieces.
Spread the batter in the prepared pan and bake for 30 minutes, until light brown around the edges and it springs back when pressed. Cool slightly on a rack.
In the meantime, make the topping by adding the maple syrup and butter to a saucepan. Cook over medium heat, swirling the pan, until the mixture bubbles and thickens, about 6 minutes. Add the cream and continue to cook until the mixture is the consistency of caramel.
Using the foil, lift the blondies out of the pan and cut into large bars. Serve each square warm, topped with ice cream, maple-butter sauce, and some of the 1/2 cup of walnuts for topping. Makes 9 servings.

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