Maple Butter Bourbon Blondies

By Tom421

Ingredients

• For the Blondies:
• 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 cup walnut pieces
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 and 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 tablespoons bourbon
• 1 cup white chocolate chips
• For the Sauce:
• 1/3 cup real maple syrup
• 1 and 1/2 tablespoons bourbon
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1/4 cup heavy cream
• 1/2 cup walnut pieces for serving (optional)

Details

Servings 18
Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 55mins
Adapted from devour-blog.com

Preparation

Step 1

Directions
For the blondies:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 9 x 13″ baking pan with foil, leaving an overhang on two sides, and grease/butter the foil. Pulse ½ cup walnut pieces in a food processor until almost fine (do not overprocess). Whisk the ground nuts, flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl.

Beat 10 tablespoons room-temperature butter with the brown sugar until fluffy, about 2 minutes on medium speed. Beat in eggs one at a time, scraping the bowl after each addition. Beat in vanilla and bourbon. Gradually beat in dry ingredients until just combined. Fold in white chocolate chips and the remaining ½ cup walnut pieces.

Spread batter evenly in prepared pan and bake until the blondies are light brown and spring back when lightly pressed, about 25-30 minutes. Set aside to cool slightly on a wire rack.

For the sauce:

Place the maple syrup, butter and bourbon in a small saucepan over medium heat. Swirl the pan and cook until the mixture bubbles and thickens, about 6 minutes. Add the heavy cream and continue to swirl until the mixture is the consistency of caramel (or to desired consistency).

Use foil to lift blondies out of the pan and cut into bars. Serve warm topped with the sauce and additional walnut pieces. Also delicious with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.