Chewy Chocolate Chip Blondies

These chewy chocolate chip blondies are rich, buttery dessert bars with caramel-like brown sugar flavor and soft centers. This easy blondies recipe is perfect as written or customized with optional add-ins like bacon, dates, or nuts.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 20

Total Time 25

Servings servings

Calories 123

Author Ronda Eagle | Kitchen Dreaming

Equipment

9-inch x 13-inch rectangular pan
parchment paper - optional

Ingredients

non-fat cooking spray
8 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 cup light brown sugar packed
1-1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 large eggs lightly beaten
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1 cup chocolate chips
parchment paper optional

Optional Add-Ins

2/3 cup bacon cooked and chopped
2/3 cup dates dried, chopped

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 9-by-13-inch baking pan with parchment paper or foil, allowing it to slightly overhang opposite edges. Coat with cooking spray.
Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Cook, swirling often, until fragrant and starting to brown, 4 to 5 minutes. Remove from the heat. Whisk in brown sugar; let cool for 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, whisk flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl.
Whisk eggs and vanilla into the cooled butter mixture until well combined. Add the flour mixture in two additions, gently folding until just combined. fold in the chocolate chips.
Evenly spread the batter into the prepared pan.
Bake the blondies until light brown around the edges, 18 to 22 minutes.
They will appear slightly underbaked in the center but will firm up as they cool. Let cool completely in the pan on a wire rack, about 2 hours.
To cut, grab the overhanging parchment or foil and transfer the whole batch to a cutting board, then cut into 24 bars.

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