Time
40 min
Serving
16 persons
Calories
156
These maple blondies are a quick dessert that will satisfy any maple-lover's craving. You can underbake them slightly for a denser, chewier bar; or bake them until fully set for a cake-style bar.
Ingredients
- unsalted butter, melted and cooled: 0.5 cup
- pure maple syrup: 0.5 cup
- firmly packed dark brown sugar: 0.25 cup
- egg, at room temperature: 1 piece
- maple extract: 1 tsp
- vanilla extract: 1 tsp
- 1/4 cups all-purpose flour: 1 piece
- baking soda: 0.5 tsp
- salt: 0.5 tsp
- ground cinnamon: 0.125 tsp
- ground nutmeg: 0.125 tsp
- confectioner's sugar: 0.5 cup
- pure maple syrup: 2 Tbsp
- heavy cream: 2 Tbsp
- maple extract: 0.75 tsp (to taste)
- salt: 0.125 tsp (to taste)
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line an 8x8-inch square pan with enough parchment paper to have overhang on all sides.
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In a large bowl, whisk together melted butter, 1/2 cup maple syrup, brown sugar, egg, 1 teaspoon maple extract, and vanilla extract until thoroughly combined. Add in flour, baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg, and mix until combined.
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Pour batter into prepared pan and smooth into an even layer. Bake until bars feel just set, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove to cool on a wire rack for about 15 minutes.
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Meanwhile, make the glaze. Whisk together confectioner's sugar, 2 tablespoons maple syrup, heavy cream, 3/4 teaspoon maple extract, and 1/8 teaspoon salt until smooth.
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After bars have cooled for 15 minutes, pour glaze evenly over bars. Allow glaze to set, and bars to cool completely. Cut into 16 bars.
