White Chocolate Maple Blondies

 

When I found out Chili's let go of their Paradise Pie, I descended into mourning.  I don't think I surfaced for a solid week.  That was the world's greatest dessert in my book.  A warm white brownie with a big scoop of ice cream, drizzled with fudge, caramel sauce, and sprinkled with nuts.  It was bomb.com.  Absolute heaven.  I cannot believe they replaced it with a cookie skillet.  Boring!  My heart was finally restored when I found this gem floating around on Pinterest.  I would like to take a moment now and honor Pinterest.

This baby is outrageous.  I'm talking too hot to handle, too sweet to finish, got to share with your neighbor good.  Sinful, good.  You'll feel like you did a very bad thing after taking a bite.  And again when you take your second bite.  And your third.  But I assure you, it is entirely worth it.

White Chocolate Maple Blondies

YEILD: 16 bars

ingredients:

Blondies:
3/4 cups butter, room temperature
1 1/2 cups light brown sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1 Tbsp Maple syrup
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups white chocolate
Vanilla ice cream, for serving
Walnuts, for serving (optional)


Maple Butter Sauce:
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup pure Maple Syrup
3/4 cup butter
1/2 cup sour cream
1 tsp vanilla

directions:

 Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a 9x9 pan with aluminum foil and spray with cooking spray.

In a small-medium bowl sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.  Set aside.  

In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.  About 2-3 minutes.  Add eggs, vanilla, and maple syrup until mix until incorporated.

Turn mixer to low and mix in flour mixture until just combined.   Stir in white chocolate chips.

Spread batter into prepared pan and bake for 25-30 minutes.  Cool completely before cutting into squares. 

Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top and drizzled with the maple butter sauce.


For the Maple Butter Sauce:

To make the sauce combine sugar, maple syrup and butter in a small saucepan over medium heat until melted. Simmer sauce for 4 minutes without stirring and remove from heat.

Whisk in the sour cream and vanilla and allow to cool.

Recipe adapted from Cookies and Cups