Chewy blondies made with brown sugar, vanilla, and melty chocolate chips — these easy one-bowl bars have a gooey center and crackly top everyone loves.
Equipment
1 square pan 8" x 8" or 9" x 9" pan
Ingredients
1cupbrown sugar
1/4cupwhite sugar
½cupbutterunsalted, melted
2largeeggs
1teaspoonvanilla extract
1cupflourall-purpose flour
¼teaspoonsalt
½cupsemi-sweet chocolate chips
½cupchopped pecansoptional
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a square metal baking dish with parchment paper. Crumpling up the parchment paper before adding it to the pan will help it fit into the pan easier.
To a large mixing bowl add the brown sugar and white sugar and set to the side.
1 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup white sugar
Place the butter in a small microwave proof bowl. Microwave for 45 seconds or until the butter is melted. Immediately stir the warm butter into the sugar until well combined. The heat from the butter helps dissolve the sugar for that gooey blondie texture.
½ cup butter
Crack eggs into a small bowl and beat with a fork. Add eggs and vanilla to the butter mixture and mix with a spatula until fully combined.
2 large eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Add flour and sprinkle salt evenly around the bowl, then stir just until a thick batter forms.
1 cup flour, ¼ teaspoon salt
Fold the chocolate chips and optional chopped nuts into the batter, saving a handful of chocolate chips to sprinkle over the top of the batter. Pour the batter into the pan lined with parchment paper. Sprinkle the remaining chocolate chips over the blondies.
½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, ½ cup chopped pecans
Bake the blondies for 25-30 minutes or until they are chewy at the edges and mostly baked through the center. They will be a little gooey in the center, especially the chocolate chips. There shouldn’t be raw batter in the center when checked with a toothpick. Allow the blondies to cool completely before lifting the blondies out of the pan on the parchment paper. Slice into 12 pieces and enjoy!