Pecan Blondies With Browned Butter Frosting Food

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.

BROWN BUTTER BLONDIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 11x7-inch baking dish.
• Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. Set aside.
• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat, swirling constantly until golden brown, bubbling, and fragrant, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool for 5 to 7 minutes.
• Beat brown butter and brown sugar in a bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla extract. Fold in flour mixture just until incorporated. Fold in walnuts and semisweet chocolate chips. Spread batter into the prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until top is dry and edges have started to pull away from the sides of the pan, 35 to 40 minutes. Let cool completely before slicing into 18 blondies. Dust with powdered sugar.

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.

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.

BUTTERSCOTCH PECAN BLONDIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9-inch square baking pan with nonstick cooking spray, line it with parchment paper, then spray the parchment. Set aside.
• Place the butter in a medium saucepan and cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until deep golden, 3 to 5 minutes. Immediately pour into a medium heatproof bowl. Add the brown sugar, salt and baking powder. Whisk to combine. Whisk in the vanilla, whole egg and yolk until smooth.
• Add the flour to the wet ingredients and stir with a rubber spatula until nearly combined. Reserve about 2 tablespoons each of the butterscotch chips and pecans, then stir the rest into the batter until evenly combined.
• Spread the batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle the reserved pecans and butterscotch chips evenly over the top then press into the top of the batter.
• Bake until golden and a toothpick inserted near the center comes out with a few moist crumbs, 32 to 34 minutes. Let cool in the pan then cut into 16 squares.