Apple Blondies with Brown Sugar Frosting.

July 11th, 2008 by amanda

Gah. I’m so behind. I made these over a month ago and I’m just now getting around to posting them. Someone tell me to get my butt in gear please. Thanks.

Waaaay back when I made these I had a bunch of apples on hand that weren’t getting eaten. I tend to buy apples because I know I should eat them but I just don’t like them so they usually go bad. My mom does the same thing with bananas so I guess I learned from her. So I went searching for apple recipes and found these little things.

They were so much better than I expected. Like I said, I’m not an apple fan but I did enjoy them. I will say that I don’t think the cream cheese frosting is really needed. It was good but it made them really sweet. So sweet that I actually ended up throwing the majority of them away. If I ever find myself with too many apples again, I’ll probably make the blondies but forget about the frosting.

Apple Blondies with Brown Sugar Frosting

from: Cooking the Books

Blondies:

2/3 cup butter, softened

2 cups brown sugar, packed

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 cups all purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

Pinch salt

1 cup peeled chopped apples

3/4 cup chopped walnuts

Brown Sugar Frosting: 4 oz ½ cup butter 1 cup brown sugar, packed ¼ cup milk 2 cups icing (confectioner’s) sugar, sifted

Blondies:

Line a 13 x 9 inch baking tin with baking parchment. Set oven to 350.

In a large bowl, using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat butter, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla until thick and smooth, about 3 minutes. Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Add to butter mixture on low speed, mixing until blended. Stir in apples and nuts, mixing well. Spread evenly in the prepared tin and bake until set and golden, 25-30 minutes. Let cool completely in pan on rack.

Brown Sugar Frosting:

In a small saucepan over low heat, melt butter. Stir in brown sugar and milk. Bring mixture just to a boil then remove from heat and let cool to lukewarm. Sift in the confectioner’s sugar, mixing until smooth. Spread evenly over bar. Let stand until frosting is firm enough to cut. Cut into bars or squares.

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2 comments on this post.

  1. Joelen:

    July 11th, 2008 at 5:04 am

    Those look delicious, especially that brown sugar frosting! I’m saving this recipe for the fall :)

  2. Jaime:

    July 27th, 2008 at 3:55 am

    i saw this on the nest a while back and someone else said the frosting was a bit too much as well. they look great though

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