Brown Butter Maple Blondies

These brown butter maple blondies are rich, buttery, and absolutely bursting with deep maple flavor. Trust me, y’all are gonna want to bake a batch of these ASAP — they’re chewy, gooey, and downright irresistible!

Brown Butter Maple Blondies 

1 stick (1/2 cup) butter

1 cup all purpose flour 

1/4 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

3/4 cup packed brown sugar 

1/4 cup sweet bourbon barrel-aged maple syrup, or your favorite good quality maple syrup 

1 egg plus 1 egg yolk, at room temperature 

2 tsp vanilla bean paste 

1/2 cup maple glazed pecans, chopped

For the icing:

1 TBSP butter, melted

3 TBSP maple syrup, the same kind you used in the blondies

1/2 cup powdered sugar 

Preheat oven to 350 and line an 8x8 inch baking pan with parchment paper and set aside.  

Melt your butter in a small saucepan over medium low heat. Cook, stirring or swirling the pan often as the butter foams, bubbles and begins to brown and smell nutty and caramely, about 5-7 minutes.  When it’s a nice golden brown, remove from the heat to cool for a few minutes.  

In a small bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder and salt and set aside.  

In a large bowl, add the brown sugar and maple syrup and stir together combine.  Then add in the brown butter and stir.  Add in the egg and the egg yolk and then the vanilla and mix well.  Fold in the dry ingredients and then the chopped pecans.  

Pour the batter in your prepared pan and smooth to an even layer.  Bake for 24-28 minutes or until golden brown, the edges have set and the middle is still soft.  Let the blondies cool completely before icing.  For the icing, whisk l the icing ingredients together in a medium bowl until nice and smooth.  Pour over the cooled blondies and top with more chopped pecans if desired.  Slice into squares and enjoy!!!