Chocolate Chip and Peanut Blondies

By GadgetGirl

These brown-sugar brownies have a lovely cakey texture. For an extra-decadent dessert, top each blondie with a scoop of ice cream, drizzle with caramel or chocolate sauce, and sprinkle with peanuts.

Ingredients

• 1 cupall purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoonsalt
• 1/4 teaspoonbaking soda
• 1/2 cup(1 stick) unsalted butter
• 1 1/4 cups(packed) golden brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoonvanilla extract
• 1/2 cupsalted roasted peanuts, divided
• 1/2 cupbittersweet chocolate chips (about 3 ounces), divided

Details

Servings 16

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour 8x8x2-inch metal baking pan. Whisk 1 cup flour, salt, and baking soda in medium bowl to blend. Melt 1/2 cup butter in heavy large saucepan over low heat. Remove from heat; add sugar and whisk until smooth. Cool mixture 2 minutes; whisk in eggs and vanilla. Using flexible spatula, stir in flour mixture, then half of peanuts and half of chocolate chips. Spread batter in prepared pan; sprinkle with remaining peanuts and chocolate chips.

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Bake blondies until golden, tester inserted into center comes out clean, and edges just begin to pull away from sides of pan, about 30 minutes; cool completely in pan on rack. DO AHEAD Can be made 2 days ahead. Cover tightly and store at room temperature.

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Cut blondes into 16 squares; serve.