Pecan Blondies with Browned Butter Frosting

Wassup, my friends.  Okay, these Pecan Blondies with Browned Butter Frosting are soooo good.  It seems pretty rare that I’ll try a recipe and know that it’s more than a keeper, it’s a CRAVER!  I keep walking past my pan of these, telling myself, ‘Don’t to it.  Don’t…. do… it.’  And, then I do it.  I snag one more little piece.  Then I walk past again like 5 minutes later.

So, I found this recipe in this huge Pillsbury cookbook I’ve had kicking around for years.  It was taking up so much space in my cookbook cupboard, that I decided to go through the whole thing and pull out just the recipes I wanted to try.  These Pecan Blondies with Browned Butter Frosting was one of them.  I was sure the hubs would have no interest in them, since he’s all about chocolate desserts, but he totally went for it.  Yay!  A non-chocolate dessert that I can add to our agreed-upon recipes.  It’s soft, chewy, pecan-y…

Let’s get to the good stuff!

Note: I haven’t tried this yet, but next time I may double the blondie recipe in the 9×13 pan.  Obviously, it would have to bake a lot longer, but I was kinda wishing the blondie was even thicker.  I like a big ole bite of chewy goodness.

Pecan Blondies with Browned Butter Frosting

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Pecan Blondies with Browned Butter Frosting

These pecan blondies are so delicious, you will start to crave them! This and more recipes can be found at www.orsoshesays.com.

Servings 12 bars

Ingredients

• Bars:
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar packed
• 1/2 cup butter softened
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• Frosting:
• 2 TBS butter
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 2 to 4 TBS milk

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grease a 9x13 pan.
3. In a large bowl, combine sugar, brown sugar, and 1/2 cup butter. Beat until fluffy.
4. Add 1 tsp. vanilla and eggs, blend.
5. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir. Add to sugar mixture.
6. Stir in 1/2 cup chopped pecans.
7. Bake for about 15 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
8. Let cool.
9. Once cooled (about an hour), make the frosting by heating 2 TBS butter in pan over medium heat. Heat until the butter turns a light golden brown.
10. Remove from heat.
11. Stir in powdered sugar, vanilla, and enough milk to make the frosting spreadable. Blend
12. Spread frosting over cooled bars.
13. Cut into squares and place pecan half in the middle of each.

Recipe Notes

High altitude (according to Pillsbury, haven't tried.): increase flour to 1 3/4 cup, decrease white sugar to 1/2 cup.

Recipe from Pillsbury