Happy St. Patrick’s Day! To celebrate this fun celebrative day marked with lots of booze, I made these incredible peanut butter blondies. They are better than brownies sometimes and so delicious! I added sprinkles as well for a fun twist. These are great for a party or for snacking on!
The batter is similar to brownie ones except with no chocolate. The butter and sugar has to be whisked for a longer time to give the blondies the cracked crinkly top. I spread everything out in a baking tray and added extra sprinkles on top. Keep this baked under 30 minutes for fudgier results. I used a 13×9 inch baking pan first but a 8 inch brownie pan works better. They also come out thicker in the brownie pan, and thinner in the longer pan. These blondies end up tasting very nutty and have a slightly distinct caramel flavor. Once they are baked let them cool before cutting for best results.
Are you craving green peanut butter blondies? Just a few drops of green food coloring to the dough does the trick! You don’t need anything else.
Other recipes on the blog include my pecan white choc chip blondies.
Ingredients
1 cup melted unsalted butter, cooled to room temperature
1 cup dark brown sugar, rtoghtly packed
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup peanut butter, at room temperature
2 large eggs, at room temperature
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon table salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F/175°C.
- Lighlty grease a 8-inch brownie pan and line with parchment paper leaving about 2 inches to hang on the sides.
- Using a hand or stand mixer, beat the butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar for 2 minutes.
- Then whisk in the peanut butter, eggs and vanilla extract into the same bowl.
- Using just a spatula, fold in the flour, baking powder, salt and sprinkles into the same bowl.
- Spread this batter into the brownie pan and bake for 20 minutes.
- Let the baked blondies cool in the pan before taking it out. Then lift it out and transfer to a cutting board.
- Cut them into squares and enjoy!
- Store leftovers in a plastic container and refrigerate for up to 1 week.