Peanut Butter Blondies Recipe
These peanut butter blondies are rich and irresistibly gooey with crisp edges and chewy centers. Packed with melty peanut butter cups and creamy peanut butter chips in every bite, this bakery-quality, one bowl dessert is easy to make in 30 minutes.
Servings: 16 Blondies
Cost: $5
Ingredients
- ½ cup salted butter (melted)
- 1 cup peanut butter
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup light brown sugar (packed)
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1 cup peanut butter chips
- 1 cup chopped peanut butter cups (6 large peanut butter cups or 12 small, about 5 ounces).
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (177 degrees Celsius).
- Line a 9x9” (23 cm) square baking dish (ceramic or glass) with parchment paper and set aside.
- Melt the butter in a large, glass bowl (microwave safe).
- Whisk in peanut butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar.
- Then, add the eggs and vanilla and whisk until sugar is dissolved.
- Add the flour, baking soda and sea salt and stir until all the ingredients are just combined, be careful not to over-mix the batter.
- Stir in peanut butter chips and chopped peanut butter cups
- Spread the batter evenly in the prepared baking dish.
- Bake for 20-22 minutes, or until the edges and top are set and the edges begin to lightly brown. Do not overbake or you will have dry peanut butter blondies. If desired, add a sprinkle of flaky sea salt on top right when you remove them from the oven.
- Place the baking pan on a wire cooling rack and let the blondies cool in the pan for at least 30 minutes (preferably longer, they hold up better as they cool).
- Use the parchment paper to lift the blondies out of the pan, then cut into squares and serve.
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Notes
Ingredient Substitution Notes
- Salted Butter. Unsalted butter works great.
- Creamy Peanut Butter. Choose your favorite creamy peanut butter, or you can use crunchy if you'd like some peanuts in the blondies.
- Light Brown Sugar. If you like a little bolder, molasses taste then you can use dark brown sugar.
- Granulated Sugar. White sugar or organic cane sugar are both great options.
- Sea salt. I only ever bake with pure, fine sea salt. If you are using iodized salt I recommend decreasing the amount of salt by half.
- Peanut butter chips. You can omit these, or choose a different mix-in such as chocolate chips, cinnamon chips, etc.
- Peanut butter cups. the best substitute is chocolate chips!
Nutrition
Serving: 1blondie | Calories: 231kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 25mg | Sodium: 228mg | Potassium: 115mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 192IU | Calcium: 18mg | Iron: 1mg