Salted Brown Butter Pecan Blondies
 
 
Simple, gooey, nutty, and buttery blondies!
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Serves: 9-16
Ingredients
  • 2 sticks (230g) butter
  • 2 cups (300g) plain flour
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla bean paste
  • ½ tsp flaky salt
  • 1 cup (225g) brown sugar
  • ½ cup (110g) caster sugar
  • ⅔ cup pecan halves
  • 4½ oz (100g) dark chocolate
Instructions
  1. First step is to brown the butter. Place the butter into a large saucepan over a medium heat. Cook until it melts, stirring occasionally, and then continue to cook until the butter foams, and turns brown (about 5-8 minutes). Set aside to cool.
  2. Grease and line a 8inch (20cm) square baking pan and preheat the oven to 180C/350F.
  3. Place the flour into a large bowl, make a well in the centre and crack in the eggs. Add the vanilla and salt to the eggs and then whisk them gently to break them up.
  4. Add in the sugar and cooled brown butter (including any solids at the bottom of the pan), and stir together using a wooden spoon until completely combined.
  5. Add in about half the pecans and broken up chocolate, and stir them in.
  6. Press the mixture into the lined pan, and scatter over the remaining nuts and chocolate.
  7. Bake for 25 minutes, and then remove from the oven and leave to cool completely.
  8. Serve however you want (great with ice cream for dessert!).
Recipe by The Sugar Hit at http://www.thesugarhit.com/dev/2015/03/salted-brown-butter-pecan-blondies.html