Brown Butter-Maple-Pecan Blondies

PREP TIME 40min

COOK TIME 2hr 15min

SERVES 24


INGEDRIENTS

1 ½ cups unsalted butter
4 large eggs
1 ¾ cups granulated sugar
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon kosher salt
½ cup pure maple syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 ¼ cups chopped toasted pecans, divided


DIRECTIONS

1 Preheat oven to 350°F. Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium. Cook, whisking constantly, until butter browns and smells nutty, 5 to 7 minutes. Immediately pour into a bowl. Place in refrigerator to cool, whisking every 5 minutes until thickened and creamy, about 20 minutes. (Butter should look like melted peanut butter.)
2 Beat eggs and sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until thickened and pale yellow, about 3 minutes. Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Add to egg mixture in thirds, alternately with cooled butter, beginning and ending with flour mixture, beating on low after each addition. Slowly beat in maple syrup; add vanilla, and beat just until combined. Fold in 1 cup of the pecans with a spoon.
3 Pour batter into a greased and floured 13- x 9-inch baking pan, and spread into an even layer. Sprinkle with remaining 1⁄4 cup pecans.
4 Bake in preheated oven until golden and a wooden pick inserted in middle comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack to cool completely, about 1 hour. Cut into 24 bars.