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Maple Apple Blondie Recipe

This sweet blondie recipe uses crisp apples, maple syrup and warm cinnamon to make a melt in your mouth bar that's topped with a maple cinnamon frosting!

Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
45 mins
Servings: 24 servings
Calories: 216 kcal
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 2 apples, peeled, cored, and diced (I used Granny Smith apples)
  • 3/4 cup butter (divided)
  • scant 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup pure maple syrup
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp kosher salt
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
MAPLE CINNAMON FROSTING:
  • 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
  • 2 Tbsp butter, melted
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1-2 Tbsp half and half (start with one and see if you need the other Tbsp)
  • scant 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon

Instructions

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  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Line a 9x13 inch baking pan with foil, bringing the foil up over the edges of the pan.  Spray foil lightly with non-stick cooking spray and set aside.
  2. Add 1 Tbsp of the butter to a large saucepan and heat over MED heat.  Add diced apples and cinnamon and cook, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes.  Set saucepan aside.
  3. Melt butter and add it to a large mixing bowl.  Add in both sugars and maple syrup and stir until smooth.  Add in eggs and vanilla and stir until combined.
  4. Add in dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda) and stir until just combined and no flour streaks remain.  Stir in cooked apples.
  5. Transfer batter to prepared baking pan and spread evenly.  Bake 25-30 minutes until puffed and lightly golden brown.  Test with a toothpick inserted in the center... toothpick should have a few moist crumbs on it when removed, but no batter.
  6. Cool blondies in baking pan.
MAKE THE FROSTING:
  1. To a small mixing bowl, add maple syrup, melted butter and powdered sugar, and 1 Tbsp of the half and half, and whisk to combine.  If needed, whisk in another tablespoon of the half and half until frosting is a loose spreading consistency.
  2. Spread frosting over the cooled bars and let sit until frosting has set.  Use the foil overhand to lift the bars out of the baking pan.  Transfer to a cutting board and slice into bars.

Notes

  • Recipe slightly adapted from Better Homes and Gardens

Nutrition Information

Calories 216kcal (11%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 24servings

Amount Per Serving

Calories 216

% Daily Value*

Calories 216kcal 11%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.