Chocolate Chip Blondies
These bars are my immediate thought when I haven’t planned dessert in advance or when we have unexpected company. The brownie-like bite with a soft chewy center and crispy browned edges are always a crowd-pleaser. Brownies get their flavor from cocoa powder and chocolate. Their close cousin the blondie gets its flavor from brown sugar and vanilla. Brown sugar and butter are a rich backdrop to the chocolate chips and pecans.
I often find myself making blondies when I need a quick treat to take to an event or a snack when the kids have friends over. The easy batter mixes quickly and baking them in one pan instead of sheet after sheet of cookies is so handy. Using this as your base recipe you can create all sorts of versions from what you have on hand. Dried fruit, butterscotch chips, peanut butter chips, other nuts, and coconut. The possibilities are endless. I’ve been making this recipe for years now and we all love it. When I started adapting it for gluten-free flours, I played with a few different options. You could also use a store-bought gluten-free blend in a 1:1 scenario. The combination of brown rice flour, tapioca starch, and potato starch works extremely well in this recipe. This is my favorite version and I’ve made these at least six times now. I made a triple batch for a recent trip and they were a huge hit. Check out all of the Gluten Free Dessert Recipes on this website!
Chocolate Chip Blondie Recipe
butter light brown sugar eggs vanilla all-purpose flour* kosher salt baking powder chocolate chips chopped pecans
brown rice flour tapioca flour potato starch
Chocolate Chip Pecan Blondies
Brownies and Bar Cookies
Bar cookies and brownies are an easy fix to a sweet craving or when you need a quick dessert. If you are taking them to an event, I can pretty much guarantee you will bring home an empty pan. Chewy edges, crazy moist blondies, and a crackling crust add up to these mouthwatering, slightly sweet apple brownies. Slightly more gooey than the cookies and still crisp on top and bottom, this is one of the best bar cookies I’ve ever tasted. Monster Cookie Bars are a new twist on the old favorite. So, I combined my love of almond and chocolate with my fondness for coconut, the result was a rich chocolate, almond, and coconut brownie that is completely and totally irresistible to me. {originally published 7/10/12 – recipe notes and photos updated 10/19/22}
