Food and Recipes Desserts Brown Butter-Maple-Pecan Blondies Recipe Be the first to rate & review! Know someone who doesn't love chocolate? Make them these Blondies instead of brownies. Choose use high-quality 100% pure maple syrup for these bar cookies; the fake stuff doesn't have the same richness and aroma. The darker the syrup, the stronger the flavor. By Southern Living Editors Updated on March 27, 2019 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Linda Pugliese Active Time: 40 mins Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Yield: 24 bars Ingredients 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter 4 large eggs 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1/2 cup pure maple syrup 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 1/4 cups chopped toasted pecans, divided Directions Preheat oven to 350°F. Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium. Cook, whisking constantly, until butter browns and smells nutty, 5 to 7 minutes. Immediately pour into a bowl. Place in refrigerator to cool, whisking every 5 minutes until thickened and creamy, about 20 minutes. (Butter should look like melted peanut butter.) Beat eggs and sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until thickened and pale yellow, about 3 minutes. Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Add to egg mixture in thirds, alternately with cooled butter, beginning and ending with flour mixture, beating on low after each addition. Slowly beat in maple syrup; add vanilla, and beat just until combined. Fold in 1 cup of the pecans with a spoon. Pour batter into a greased and floured 13- x 9-inch baking pan, and spread into an even layer. Sprinkle with remaining 1⁄4 cup pecans. Bake in preheated oven until golden and a wooden pick inserted in middle comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack to cool completely, about 1 hour. Cut into 24 bars. Rate it Print