Peanut Butter Blondies

Peanut Butter Blondies are a thick and chewy dessert, packed with peanut butter flavor. They whip up fast and are sure to bring big smiles!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword bars, blondies, peanut butter

Prep Time 8

Cook Time 30

Total Time 38

Servings

Calories 264kcal

Equipment

8 or 9" square pan

Ingredients

½ cup unsalted butter - melted and cooled
1 ¼ cup brown sugar packed
¾ cup peanut butter creamy
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs - room temp
1 egg yolk - room temp
1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour sifted
1 teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup peanuts toasted - chopped or halves + more for garnish
sea salt flakes on top optional

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 F.
In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar on low.
Add peanut butter. You can also use a food processor for this recipe.
One by one add eggs and yolk. Beat on low until all combined.
In a separate mixing bowl combine the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, and salt).
Add that mixture to the wet ingredients. Mix on low until everything combines.
Fold in the toasted peanuts.
Transfer into an 8 or 9-inch square pan (greased or lined with parchment paper).
Top with more peanuts and sea salt flakes if using.
Bake for 30 minutes. The center should still be just slightly soft and giggly.

Notes

Every oven is different, I recommend checking the blondies towards the last 20-25 minutes. As with brownies, it is better to under-bake these blondies rather than overbake.
The texture of these blondies is soft, buttery, and chewy.
The edges will cook faster and might be a little dryer, but these can be easily cut off before serving if desired.

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