Gooey Brown Butter Blondies With Pecans Food

THE BEST BLONDIES, BAR NONE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease an 8-inch square baking pan with butter; line pan with parchment paper, leaving a 2-inch overhang on two sides.
• Brown the butter over medium heat. Once browned, take off the heat and add one ice cube, whisking to combine.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the brown butter and sugars until smooth. Whisk in eggs and vanilla. Add flour and salt; stir just until moistened. Fold in the blonde chocolate and pecans.
• Transfer batter to prepared pan, and smooth top.
• Bake until top of blondies are golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Set pan on a wire rack, and let cool completely. Using parchment overhang, lift cake from pan and transfer to a cutting board; cut into 16 squares. To store, keep in an airtight container at room temperature, up to 2 days.

GOOEY BROWN BUTTER BLONDIES WITH PECANS

Steps:

• Brown butter mixture:
• Cook butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring often, until butter foams, then browns, 5-8 minutes. Transfer brown butter to a medium bowl; let cool slightly. Add egg, brown sugar, vanilla, and salt and beat until mixture is light and falls back onto itself in a slowly dissolving ribbon, about 3 minutes. Fold in flour.
• Blondie:
• Preheat oven to 350°. Butter a 13x9" baking dish and dust with flour. Toast pecans on a rimmed baking sheet, tossing once, until slightly darkened and fragrant, 8-10 minutes. Let cool.
• Whisk baking powder, salt, and 2 1/4 cups flour in a medium bowl. Using an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat brown sugar and 1 cup butter in a large bowl until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, beating between additions; mix until pale and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Mix in vanilla.
• Reduce speed to low and mix in dry ingredients. Fold in half of pecans. Scrape two-thirds of batter into prepared baking dish; smooth top, pushing batter to edges. Alternating, dollop brown butter mixture and remaining batter on top. Smooth and sprinkle remaining pecans over.
• Bake until blondie is golden brown and firm (a tester will not come out clean), 30-35 minutes. Let cool before slicing. Serve with ice cream.
• Do ahead: Blondies can be made 1 day ahead. Store tightly wrapped at room temperature.

GOOEY BLONDIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease and flour a 9 by 13-inch baking pan and set aside. Sift flour with salt, baking soda, baking powder and set aside.
• Melt butter in a large sauce pan over low heat. Add the brown sugar, remove it from the heat and stir until completely blended; let cool to room temperature. Add eggs one at a time stirring well after each addition. Stir in the vanilla.
• Transfer the mixture to a large mixing bowl. With a rubber spatula, fold the sifted flour into the batter with a few smooth swift strokes and stir just until batter is blended and smooth. Do not over mix or the blondies will be heavy. Stir in the chips and nuts and pour into a prepared pan. With a spatula, spread the batter to make sure it is even in thickness. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes until the top springs back when you press it lightly with your fingertips or when a toothpick, when inserted in the center of the dough comes out clean.
• Remove the blondies from the oven and let them set until completely cool. Cut into rectangles and wrap individually in plastic or foil to keep them very fresh.

PECAN BLONDIES WITH BROWNED BUTTER FROSTING

Steps:

• Bars: Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a 13x9" baking pan.
• In large bowl, combine sugar, brown sugar and butter; beat until light and fluffy.
• Add vanilla and eggs; blend well.
• Add flour, baking powder, and salt; mix well.
• Stir in pecans.
• Spread in greased pan.
• Bake for 23-33 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool one hour or until completely cooled.
• Frosting: Heat butter in medium saucepan over medium heat until light golden brown.
• Remove from heat. Stir in powdered sugar, vanilla, and enough milk for desired spreading consistency; blend until smooth.
• Spread over cooled bars.
• Arrange pecan halves over frosting.
• Cut into bars.

BUTTER-PECAN BLONDIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spread pecans on a rimmed baking sheet; toast until fragrant, 6 to 7 minutes. Let cool, then chop.
• Brush a 9-by-13-inch baking dish with butter, then dust with flour, tapping out excess. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour and salt. In a large bowl, whisk together butter and 2 cups brown sugar until combined. Add eggs; whisk until combined. Add vanilla and rum. Fold in flour mixture with a spatula until just combined (do not overmix). Fold in half of nuts.
• Transfer batter to prepared dish; smooth top with an offset spatula. Sprinkle top with remaining nuts and 2 tablespoons brown sugar. Bake until golden around edges and a tester inserted in center comes out with very few crumbs, 22 to 24 minutes.
• Transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely before cutting into squares. Blondies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature up to 3 days.

ONE-BOWL OOEY GOOEY PEANUT BUTTER CHIP BLONDIES

Steps:

• In a large microwave-safe bowl, heat margarine or butter in the microwave on half-power until mostly melted.
• With a wire whisk, mix in brown sugar. Beat in eggs and vanilla extract.
• Dump in flour, baking soda and salt (if you're a purist, you can mix them in a separate bowl ahead of time, but I've always had just as good of results with the single-bowl method). Stir with a large wooden or plastic spoon until flour is completely incorporated.
• Add peanut butter chips and stir.
• Pour batter into a greased 13x9-inch pan and bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes or until it's nicely browned and looks set.
• Meanwhile, eat any remaining batter sticking to the bowl. :).
• If you like your blondies more done, you can bake them a bit longer until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. I have no idea how long that takes because I've never gone that far. I find they're just right at about 22 minutes, and definitely best when warm.