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Brown Butter Pecan Chocolate Chunk Blondies

Nutty browned butter and toasted pecans give these fudgy, crackly-topped blondies a deep caramel flavor studded with melty chocolate.

Brown Butter Pecan Chocolate Chunk Blondies

Ingredients

  • ⅔ cup140 gUnsalted buttercut into pieces
  • ⅔ cup chopped70 gPecanscoarsely chopped
  • 1 cup packed200 gBrown sugarpacked
  • 3 tbsp40 gGranulated sugar
  • 2 large100 gEggsroom temperature
  • 2 tsp8 gVanilla extract
  • 1⅓ cups170 gAll-purpose flour
  • ¾ tsp3 gBaking powder
  • ½ tsp3 gSalt
  • ½ tsp1 gGround cinnamon
  • ¾ cup140 gSemisweet chocolate chips
  • ½ tsp2 gCanola oilfor greasing the pan

Steps

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease an 8x8-inch pan with the canola oil and line it with parchment, leaving an overhang.
  2. Spread the pecans on a small baking sheet and toast in the oven for 6 to 8 minutes until fragrant; set aside to cool.
  3. Melt the butter in a light-colored saucepan over medium heat, swirling, until it foams and turns golden brown with toasty-smelling flecks, 5 to 7 minutes. Pour it into a large bowl, scraping in the browned bits, and cool 10 minutes.
  4. Whisk the brown sugar and the granulated sugar into the browned butter until glossy.
  5. Whisk the egg and vanilla into the sugar mixture until thick and smooth, about 1 minute.
  6. In a separate bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon together.
  7. Fold the flour mixture into the butter mixture just until no dry streaks remain.
  8. Fold in the toasted pecans and three-quarters of the chocolate chips.
  9. Spread the batter in the prepared pan and scatter the remaining one-quarter of the chocolate chips over the top.
  10. Bake 25 to 30 minutes, until the top is golden and crackly and a toothpick in the center comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs, not wet batter.
  11. Cool in the pan on a rack for at least 1 hour, then lift out by the parchment and cut into 12 bars.

Food safety: Don't taste raw dough or batter: raw flour and raw eggs can carry germs.

Contains: Milk, Egg, Tree nuts, Gluten. Some brands contain soy.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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