Easy Brown Butter Blondies

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Easy Brown Butter Blondies are rich with flavor and deep nutty notes from browned butter and pecans. They melt in your mouth and are perfectly chewy.

Prep Time15

Cook Time30

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Preheat oven to 350º Melt the butter over medium/low heat in a medium light-colored or stainless steel skillet (so you can see the butter browning properly). Brown the butter by stirring often, until the butter smells nutty and small light-brown flecks have settled to the bottom of the pan, this took me about 5 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat. Let cool while you mix everything else.
In a large bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder and salt. In another bowl add eggs, vanilla, brown sugar and the browned butter. Add wet mix to the flour mixture. Stir together until well mixed. *try* not to over mix. Fold in the pecans and 1 cup of the butterscotch or white chocolate chips. The other portion will be added mid bake to make the blondies look nice.
Pour the batter into parchment lined or greased 9x9 pan. Spread batter into an even layer. Sprinkle the remaining 1/2 cup chips evenly over the top of the batter. Bake until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 25 - 30 minutes. The top will be browned and flaky like a brownie. The center should be fudge like.
Let the blondies cool completely before slicing and enjoy!

*plant based/dairy free butter also works.

*almond extract also works great and makes them a bit sweeter in flavor.

*white chocolate chips, peanut butter or chocolate chips will also work.