Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Browned Butter Brown Sugar Toffee Blondies

Browned Butter Brown Sugar Toffee Blondies
These blondies are seriously gooey. And I'm unsure if they're supposed to be quiiite this gooey...or if I underbaked them...It doesn't really matter. Either way they are fan-friggin-tastic! Sometimes the messiest things taste the best. True story.
Browned Butter Brown Sugar Toffee Blondies
I feel like the color brown gets a bad rep. Brown is a perfectly lovely color. It's the color of my hair. It's the color of my Michael's very lovely eyes (contrary to what he says. I won't repeat what he says to describe the brown color of his eyes). It's the color of most of the delicious things I can imagine. Chocolate? Brown. Toffee? Brown. Browned butter? Brown Sugar? Brown is in the name. And these are some of the tastiest things in life! Annnnnd they are all highlighted in these blondies. Boom! Brown is. da. shiz.
Browned Butter Brown Sugar Toffee Blondies
The original name of this recipe was "I <3 Brown Sugar Blondies". And I DO love brown sugar! It's so warm and complex and molasses-y. Ahhh brown sugar....you are the superior sugar. It is true. And these babies have a full THREE CUPS of brown sugar-2 light brown and 1 dark brown. So yeah...you're getting a big punch of that flavor. And...since the recipe had melted butter anyway...and I knew it would only serve to amp up the flavor even more and make these even more mouthwatering...I obviously browned the butter. Which was a good call, btw. Browning the butter added even more nuances and buttery goodness. Toffee is a perfect compliment to the 2, with just a little bit of semisweet chocolate chips in to help add a little something different. And some salt on top helps balance the entire thing. *muah* bellisima!
Browned Butter Brown Sugar Toffee Blondies
These blondies are a party on your tastebuds. You bite into a crackly top that gives way to utter gooeyness. Then you just taste everything. Like...you want to have a Homer Simpson "Mmmmm....blondies," moment. I'm literally beginning to salivate just thinking about it. The brown sugar is totally the star but the browned butter merges with the flavor so perfectly you almost can't distinguish between them. And then you get the crunchy bites of toffee and slightly melted pieces of semisweet chocolate (which adds a welcome bit of variety to break up the melding of the other flavors)...and the salt hits your palate to just make all the rest of it taste not too sweet. Like...they're sweet. But not too sweet. Warm and complex. Those are the words for this treat. And WHAT a treat these blondies are. Mmmmm.....blondies.


Browned Butter Brown Sugar Toffee Blondies

Adapted from Amandeleine's I <3 Brown Sugar Blondies

Browned Butter Brown Sugar Toffee Blondies
Ingredients:
  • 12 oz. (or 3 sticks or 24 tbsp.) unsalted butter, browned + extra for greasing the pan
  • 2 cups light brown sugar
  • 1 cup dark brown sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 tbsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 2 tsp. baking powder
  • 3 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • 8 oz. bag heath toffee bits (with or without chocolate, up to you! Chopped heath bars will also work.)
  • Optional-sea salt or kosher salt, for sprinkling,
Preparation:
  • Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Butter a 9"x13" pan then line with parchment paper-allowing a 2 in. overhang on each side.  Butter the lining as well.
  • Measure the sugars into a large, heatproof, bowl.
  • To brown the butter: Melt the butter in a medium-large, preferably light colored, saucepan over medium-high heat. Whisk constantly as it foams, bubbles, and eventually small brown bits form and it turns amber. Immediately remove from heat and pour over the sugars. Whisk for a couple minutes, until completely combined and the sugar is somewhat dissolved. Let cool for 10 minutes.
  • Add eggs and vanilla, whisking until thoroughly incorporated. 
  • Add salt, baking powder, and flour. Slowly mix until a thick batter has formed.
  • Mix in toffee and chocolate chips until evenly distributed.
  • Spread the batter into the prepared pan.
  • Bake for 35 minutes, until crackly on top and a skewer inserted in the center comes out mostly clean.
  • Sprinkle with salt, if using. Let cool completely on a wire rack. 
  • Use the parchment paper overhang to remove from pan and cut into squares. Serve! Store leftovers in an airtight container at room temperarure
Browned Butter Brown Sugar Toffee Blondies
This is the moment I fully understood how gooey they were going to be.
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