Best Browned Butter Blondies With Macaroon Topping Recipes

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Provided by Food Network Kitchen

Categories dessert

Time 40m

Number Of Ingredients 8

2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, cut into small piece, plus more for greasing
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
1 1/2 cups firmly-packed light brown sugar
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon fine salt
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
About 1 1/2 cups butterscotch, semisweet chocolate, peanut butter, or white chocolate chips, optional

Steps:

1.Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Butter and flour a 9-by-13-inch glass baking dish and set aside.
2. Melt butter in a medium skillet over medium heat until the water evaporates and the milk solids turn golden brown, 7 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool slightly.
3. Stir butter into brown sugar in a large bowl until smooth; cool to room temperature.
Meanwhile, in another medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside. Whisk eggs and vanilla into sugar mixture. Add flour mixture a bit at a time and mix until a smooth thick batter forms. Fold in chips, as desired.
4. Evenly spread batter into prepared dish. Bake until blondies are light brown around edges and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 20 to 25 minutes.
Remove from oven; cool slightly. Invert onto a rack to release; cool completely. Cut into squares and serve.

Brown Butter Blondies image

Provided by Duff Goldman

Categories dessert

Time 1h55m

Yield 18 blondies

Number Of Ingredients 9

3 sticks (1 1/2 cups) butter, plus more for greasing the baking pan
3 cups light brown sugar
3 extra-large eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
3/4 cup toasted walnuts, roughly chopped
1/2 cup white chocolate chips

Steps:

First, brown the butter: Place it in a medium saucepan over low heat to cook. Check it after about 10 minutes; it should be a medium-brown color (not too light, not too burned). Once it reaches that color, take it off the heat and let it cool.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and grease a 9-by-13-inch baking pan.
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the cooled brown butter and brown sugar until creamy, about 2 minutes. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix, scraping the sides of the bowl. Add the flour, baking powder and salt and mix until combined. Fold in the walnuts and white chocolate chips.
Press the mixture evenly into the prepared pan.
Bake the blondies for about 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with only a few crumbs stuck to it (I like these blondies gooey, so I go with a little less time). Let cool completely on a wire rack, then cut them and wrap individually in plastic wrap so the sides don't dry out. Store in the freezer or at room temperature.