Friday, March 11, 2011

Brown Butter Blondies

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I have strong feelings, romantic love feelings for BUTTER.  I can't help it.  It's the start of so many tasty treats, and seeing boxes and boxes of mellow yellow butter in my refrigerator makes me feel safe and happy.  I can keep my little world and crazy mind in line as long as I can bake.  To bake, I need butter.  Now do you understand why my butter infatuation is completely logical, and not at all a psychological problem?!  :)

Anyway!  These little treats are all about butter and brown sugar.  So simple, yet so divine.  I love the flavor that browned butter adds.  It's so complex--a little nutty, a little sweet, a little caramel-ish with the brown sugar.  Intoxicating! 

These blondies go fast in my house.  Even my "chocolate only, please" little man is excited to see these for dessert.  The original recipe calls for 1 cup of butterscotch chips, but I always leave them out.  I'm just not a fan of butterscotch chips.  Add them in though, if that's what floats your boat.  :)  Do try these though, the recipe is super simple and the reward is delicious!

Brown Butter Blondies

Ingredients
1 ¼ cups {2 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter
2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
1 ½ teaspoons salt
2 cups packed light-brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
3 large eggs
2 ½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9-by-13-inch baking pan. Line bottom of pan with parchment paper; grease parchment paper.
2. In a saucepan over medium heat, cook the butter until it turns golden brown; remove from heat, and let cool. Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl.
3. In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine browned butter and both sugars; stir with a wooden spoon until combined.
4. Attach bowl to mixer; add eggs. Using the paddle attachment, beat on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add vanilla, and beat to combine. Add flour mixture until thoroughly combined.
5. Bake in preheated oven until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes (do not overbake).
6. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely before turning out of pan onto a cutting board. Peel off parchment paper; cut blondies into 3-inch squares.

Source:  Yes, it's another recipe from My Baking Addiction- because I'm a freakin' stalker!


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1 comments:

Lisa said...

I've made blondies many times before, but it never occurred to me to use browned butter in them. I bet it really improves the flavor. I have a sweet treat linky party going on at my blog and I'd like to invite you to stop by and link your blondies up. http://sweet-as-sugar-cookies.blogspot.com/2011/03/sweets-for-saturday-8.html

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