Apple Cinnamon Blondies
These apple cinnamon blondies are chewy, buttery bars with tender spiced apples and finished with a sweet cinnamon icing drizzle. They bake up with soft, melt in your mouth texture, a warm spice background, and just the right amount of sweetness.
Servings: 16
Calories: 169kcal
Equipment
- Mixing bowls
- frying pan
Ingredients
Blondies
- 1 cup peeled cored, and chopped apples (½” pieces)
- ⅛ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon dark brown sugar
- 1¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ cup unsalted butter melted
- ¾ cups dark brown sugar packed
- 1 large egg room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Cinnamon Icing
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons milk
Instructions
Blondies
- Add the prepared apples, brown sugar, and cinnamon to a frying pan over medium heat and cook, stirring occasionally for about 5 minutes until the apples soften. Transfer the apples to a plate to cool.1 cup peeled, ⅛ teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1 tablespoon dark brown sugar
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and grease and parchment-line an 8x8” pan with overhangs (so they can be removed to cut).
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.1¼ cups all-purpose flour, ¾ teaspoons baking powder, ¼ teaspoon kosher salt, ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon, ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- In another bowl, whisk together the butter, brown sugar, egg and vanilla until smooth.½ cup unsalted butter, ¾ cups dark brown sugar, 1 large egg, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and fold it together with a rubber spatula until almost all of the flour has been combined. Add in the cooled apples (and their juices) and finish folding them in.
- Add the batter to the prepared pan and spread evenly, then bake for 18-22 minutes until the top is lightly browned. Don’t overbake!
- Cool on a wire rack completely before adding the icing.
Cinnamon Icing
- Add all ingredients to a bowl and mix until smooth. Add more milk if it needs to be thinner, or more powdered sugar if it needs to be thicker.1 cup powdered sugar, ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract, ½ teaspoon cinnamon, 2 tablespoons milk
- Drizzle the icing over top of the cooled apple blondies, then remove them from the pan and cut into squares.
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Nutrition
Calories: 169kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 26mg | Sodium: 87mg | Potassium: 64mg | Fiber: 0.5g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 216IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 34mg | Iron: 1mg
