Who doesn't love indulging in a warm, gooey bar of freshly baked goodness? Now, imagine that bar infused with the rich flavors of maple and pecan, topped with a creamy layer of maple cream cheese frosting.
Is your mouth watering yet? Then you need to try these Frosted Maple Pecan Blondies!
Get your apron ready and let's satisfy your sweet tooth with this delectable treat.
What are blondies?
Blondies are a bar treat, similar to brownies without the chocolate. And like brownies, they can be plain or have all kinds of different goodies added to them, like
- nuts
- nut butter, cookie butter, etc.
- fruit (dried or fresh)
- flavorings like vanilla, almond, maple, mint
- spices
- coconut
- jam
- caramel
Ingredients for Frosted Maple Pecan Blondies
All it takes to make these luscious blondies is basic pantry ingredients:
- all purpose flour
- baking powder and salt
- light brown sugar (or dark if you want more molasses flavor)
- powdered sugar
- pure maple syrup or maple extract
- butter
- cream cheese
- eggs
- pecans chopped and halves for decorating (optional)
More Blondies Recipes
Are you looking for more mouthwatering blondie recipes to satisfy your sweet tooth? Check out these delicious recipes:
Best Blondie Recipes
- Baklava Blondies from A Kitchen Hoor's Adventures
- Carrot Cake Blondies from Creative Cynchronicity
- Duff's Brown Butter Blondie from Hezzi-D's Recipe Box
- Gochujang Blondies from Karen's Kitchen Stories
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Recipe
Ingredients
Blondies
- Β½ cup butter
- 1 Β½ cups light brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon maple extract (or vanilla)
- 1 Β½ cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ΒΌ teaspoon salt
- Β½ cup pecans (chopped)
Maple Cream Cheese Icing
- 1 Β½ ounces cream cheese
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon maple extract (optional)
- 1 Β½-2 cups powdered sugar
- 9-16 pecan halves (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350Β°F.
- In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs one at a time. Beat in maple extract.
- In a medium bowl whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. Add flour mixture and chopped pecans to butter mixture and beat just until combined.
- Pour batter into a 9 inch square pan.
- Bake 25-30 minutes until the center is set.
- Remove from oven to a cooling rack. Let cool 10 minutes then cut into bars and allow to cool completely.
Frosting
- Beat cream cheese, maple syrup and maple extract if using in a small bowl. Add 1 Β½ cups powdered sugar and beat until smooth. Add more powdered sugar or syrup to achieve your desired consistency.
- Spread over cooled blondies, decorate with pecan halves if desired.
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Until next time, happy eating!
~Audrey
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