First an apple filling is made with apples, brown sugar, butter, vanilla and cinnamon. Then the batter starts with creaming butter, brown and granulated sugars together. Next eggs, salt and vanilla are added before stirring in flour, baking powder and cinnamon. Half of the batter is spread into a pan, then topped with the apple filling. The remaining batter is added before baking. A maple glaze is made with maple syrup, vanilla and cinnamon. The glazed is poured over the cooled blondies.
Course
Dessert
Prep Time20minutes
Cook Time25minutes
Cooling Time15minutes
Servings12pieces
Ingredients
Blondies
2cupsAP flour
1tspbaking powder
½tspsalt
1cupbuttersoftened
¼cupsugar
1cupbrown sugar
2large eggs
1 ½tspvanilla extract
½tspcinnamon
Apple Filling
2large apples chopped finely
2tbspbrown sugar
1tbspbutter
½tspvanilla extract
½tspcinnamon
Maple Glaze
2tbspbutter
¼cuppure maple syrup
½cuppowdered sugar
¼tspvanilla extract
⅛tspground cinnamon
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 F and line 11x7 baking pan with foil, spray with cooking spray.
Apple filling
On medium low heat, cook apple filling mixture for about 3-4 minutes. Pull off heat and allow to cool.
Blondies
Cream butter until light and fluffy, about 1 minute. Add in brown sugar and granulated sugar and mix until well combined.
Add in eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
Add in salt and vanilla. Mix until combined.
In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking powder and cinnamon together. Add to the wet ingredients and stir until combined.
In the bottom of the pan, spread half of the blondie batter evenly, using a spatula or your hands.
Spread apple filling all over the bottom layer.
Top with remaining blondie batter and spread evenly.
Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until the top is golden and a cake tester comes out clean.
Maple Glaze
Melt butter, maple syrup, vanilla and cinnamon over low heat. Once melted together, pull off the heat. Sift in powdered sugar and whisk until fully combined. Allow to cool for 8 to 10 minutes so the glaze can thicken.
Allow bars to cool for 10 minutes. Pour the glaze over the bars and allow it to set.