Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Blondies
Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Blondies are the brownie-substitute you didn’t know you needed in your life! All you need for these delicious brown butter blondie treats is 1 bowl, 1 spatula and 20 minutes.
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Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Blondies
Take a break from boring brownies (just kidding, I LOVE brownies) with these easy and tasty browned butter chocolate chip blondies. They’re super quick to make and use minimal kitchen tools, which also means easy cleanup! Plus, they’re delicious — it’s a win-win situation.
The key to this homemade blondie recipe is the browned butter. And trust me, browned butter makes everything better, especially these chocolate chip blondies. I know it may seem like this extra step is unnecessary, but taking an extra 10 minutes to brown your butter before creating your batter really does make a world of difference in the flavor profile of these quick and easy blondies.
Ingredients
- Unsalted butter
- Light brown sugar
- Granulated sugar
- Egg
- All purpose flour
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Semi-sweet chocolate chips
How to make Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Blondies
- Prep. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line an 8 x 8 inch baking pan with aluminum foil and spray with cooking spray. Set aside until you’re ready to bake the browned butter chocolate chip blondies.
- Brown butter. Add butter to a medium saucepan and heat over medium heat. Cook butter stirring continuously until it turns golden brown and smells nutty. This takes about 5-7 minutes.
- Cool mixture. Pour the butter into a large bowl along with both sugars and vanilla. Allow the mixture to cool for a couple of minutes.
- Mix in egg. Stir in the egg and mix until incorporated.
- Fold in dry ingredients. Fold in the flour, baking soda and salt. Try not to over mix.
- Add chocolate chips. Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Pour batter into pan. Spread batter into the prepared pan and bake for 18-20 minutes. They should look set on the top.
- Cool and serve! When the browned butter chocolate chip blondies come out of the oven, I let them sit for at least an hour to cool before serving.
Tips for making the perfect Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Blondies
- Serve with ice cream. These browned butter chocolate chip blondies are best served warm with a big scoop of ice cream on top!
- Check your saucepan. I recommend using a lighter colored saucepan when browning butter. It makes it easier to tell when the butter is browning and helps from burning the butter.
- Blondie or brownie? There really isn’t much of a difference between these two delicious treats — just the flavor. Brownies are chocolate and blondies are, well, blonde yellow cakes and other non-chocolate batters.
It’s all about browning the butter
Browning the butter is easy and adds so much flavor to these browned butter chocolate chip blondies — don’t skip this step!
Simply heat the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook for about 5-7 minutes swirling the pan occasionally. After you have browned the butter stir it in with both sugars and vanilla. (I like to allow the mixture to cool for a couple of minutes before adding the egg). Fold in flour, baking soda, salt and spread the batter into an 8 x 8 pan. Cook in a 350 degree oven for 20 minutes. I like to slightly under bake mine so they are nice and soft on the inside.
PRO TIP: If your butter starts to foam in the saucepan while browning it, don’t worry — that’s supposed to happen! The foam will dissipate and you’ll know you’re finished when the butter starts to smell a little nutty.
Here are more delicious dessert recipes to try!
- Peanut Butter Buckeyes
- Mocha Cream Brownies
- Fudge Stuffed Cookie Bars
- Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread
- Yellow Cupcakes with Nutella Buttercream
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Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Blondies
Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Blondies are the brownie-substitute you didn't know you needed in your life! All you need for these delicious brown butter blondie treats is 1 bowl, 1 spatula and 10 minutes.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter 1 stick
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line an 8 x 8 inch baking pan with aluminum foil and spray with cooking spray. Set aside.
- Add butter to a medium saucepan and heat over medium heat. Cook butter stirring continuously until it turns golden brown and smells nutty. This takes about 5-7 minutes.
- Pour the butter into a large bowl along with both sugars and vanilla. Allow the mixture to cool for a couple of minutes.
- Stir in the egg and mix until incorporated.
- Fold in the flour, baking soda and salt. Try not to over mix.
- Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Spread batter into the prepared pan and bake for 18-20 minutes. They should look set on the top.
- Allow them to cool for at least and hour before slicing.
Recipe adapted from Averie Cooks
