Maple Butter Blondies

Here are Maple Butter Blondies, an amazing treat for dessert and snack that you can make at home. They are defined by drizzles of sweet and tangy maple of butter, pure maple syrup, granulated sugar, cream cheese, vanilla, and salt. This maple sauce makes blondies more delicious and flavorful. My kids and I just have craving for them!

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Maple Butter Blondies

Recipe by Bell BrittanyCourse: Dessert, SnacksCuisine: AmericanDifficulty: Medium

Servings

1

servings

Weekend is coming, why don’t you make something good to pamper “sweet tooth” of your kids? Then these maple butter blondies are worth trying.

Ingredients

• FOR BLONDIES

• 2 c. all-purpose flour

• 3/4 c. (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter

• 2 large eggs

• 1/2 c. white chocolate chips

• 1/2 c. roughly chopped walnuts

• 1 c. brown sugar

• 1/4 c. pure maple syrup

• 2 tsp. pure vanilla extract

• 1 tsp. baking soda

• 1/2 tsp. kosher salt

• FOR MAPLE SAUCE

• 1/2 c. pure maple syrup

• 1 c. granulated sugar

• 8 oz. cream cheese

• 1 tsp. vanilla

• 1/2 c. butter

• Pinch salt

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 F and prepare a 9-x-9” pan lined with parchment paper.
• Using a hand mixer, beat cream with butter and sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in syrup and vanilla then add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Add flour, baking soda, and salt and mix on low until just combined. Fold in chocolate chips and walnuts, then press dough into pan.
• Bake until golden, about 30 minutes. Let cool at room temperature and slice into squares.
• To make maple sauce: Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Reduce heat to low and add sugar, maple syrup. cream cheese, vanilla and salt. Cook stirring occasionally, until cream cheese has melted and sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat and let cool slightly.
• Serve a scoop of ice cream over blondies and add a drizzle of maple butter sauce on top. Serve.

Recipe Video

Source: https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/recipes/a55539/maple-butter-blondies-recipe/

Notes

Maple Butter Blondies are a rich bar-style dessert made with a brown sugar–based blondie and finished with a warm maple butter sauce. The blondie batter combines butter, brown sugar, eggs, maple syrup, vanilla, and flour, with white chocolate chips and walnuts folded in for texture. After baking, the bars are sliced and served with a drizzle of the maple sauce made from butter, maple syrup, sugar, cream cheese, vanilla, and salt.

This recipe works well because the maple syrup adds moisture and sweetness to the blondies without making them overly soft. Brown sugar deepens the flavor and keeps the crumb tender, while baking soda provides just enough lift for a dense but sliceable bar. The maple butter sauce thickens as it cools, creating a smooth topping that contrasts with the chewy blondie base.

These blondies fit nicely into home baking when a dessert feels a little more special but still manageable. The bars can be baked ahead and stored once cooled. The sauce can also be made in advance and gently rewarmed. Small adjustments to mix-ins, such as omitting nuts or changing the chocolate, won’t affect the overall structure of the recipe.