Brown Butter Coconut Cashew Blondies Recipes

BROWN BUTTER BLONDIES

Steps:

• First, brown the butter: Place it in a medium saucepan over low heat to cook. Check it after about 10 minutes; it should be a medium-brown color (not too light, not too burned). Once it reaches that color, take it off the heat and let it cool.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and grease a 9-by-13-inch baking pan.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the cooled brown butter and brown sugar until creamy, about 2 minutes. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix, scraping the sides of the bowl. Add the flour, baking powder and salt and mix until combined. Fold in the walnuts and white chocolate chips.
• Press the mixture evenly into the prepared pan.
• Bake the blondies for about 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with only a few crumbs stuck to it (I like these blondies gooey, so I go with a little less time). Let cool completely on a wire rack, then cut them and wrap individually in plastic wrap so the sides don't dry out. Store in the freezer or at room temperature.

BROWN-BUTTER COCONUT CASHEW BLONDIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-by-13-inch baking pan, and line with parchment paper. Butter and flour parchment paper.
• Cook butter in a saucepan over medium heat until it turns golden-brown; remove from heat, transfer to a large bowl and let cool. Add sugars and stir until combined. Add eggs and vanilla; beat to combine. Add flour, baking powder, salt, cashews, and coconut. Mix until thoroughly combined, and transfer to prepared pan.
• Bake until a cake tester inserted in the center just comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes (do not over bake). Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely before turning out of pan onto a cutting board. Peel off parchment paper; cut blondies into 3-inch squares.

COCONUT BLONDIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Grease 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
• In small bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt.
• In saucepan, melt butter over low heat.
• Remove from heat.
• Stir in brown sugar and vanilla; add eggs, stirring until well blended.
• Stir in flour mixture into sugar mixture just until blended.
• Stir in coconut and pecans.
• Spread batter evenly in prepared pan.
• Bake until toothpick inserted 2 inches from edge of pan comes out clean, about 30 minutes.
• Do not overbake; blondies will firm as they cool.
• Cool completely in pan on wire rack.
• When cool, cut lengthwise into 4 strips and then cut each strip crosswise into 6 pieces.
• Variations: Pecan Blondies--leave out coconut.
• Chocolate Chip Blondies--leave out coconut and stir in 1 (6 oz) package semisweet chocolate chips.