Peanut Butter Apple Blondies

Peanut Butter Apple Blondies are a sweet dessert bar, filled with diced apples and peanut butter chips and topped with cinnamon and sugar. 

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Peanut butter and apple pair together so perfectly. Originally, I intended to just make apple blondies, but I was looking through my pantry and the peanut butter chips caught my eye. While a fully stocked pantry can be a blessing and a curse, it totally came in handy for this recipe as I was able to make a last minute addition. Which took these apple blondies from tasty to out of this world.

One of my coworkers actually came over to me and asked if I was going to be selling these at the arts fair I'm in next month. When I said I wasn't sure and he gave me an incredulous look and told me I better. Okay then!

WHAT ARE PEANUT BUTTER APPLE BLONDIES?

To me, a blondie to be the sister of a brownie. It's a sweet, baked dessert bar that is made with flour, brown sugar, butter, eggs, baking powder and vanilla. These blondies also include finely diced apples and peanut butter chips. Then a cinnamon sugar mixture is sprinkled on top before they are baked.

PEANUT BUTTER APPLE BLONDIE INGREDIENTS

• 1 ½ sticks butter, melted
• 1 ½ cups Bob's Red Mill Brown Sugar 
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 tablespoon Taylor and Colledge Vanilla Bean Paste
• 1 teaspoon each cinnamon and salt
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 3 cups Bob's Red Mill Organic All Purpose Flour
• 3 Envy Apples, peeled, cored and diced
• 1 ½ cups peanut butter chips
• 1 tablespoon sugar + ½ teaspoon cinnamon

PEANUT BUTTER APPLE BLONDIE SUBSTITUTIONS

If you have an allergy to peanut butter or simply want to go another route, here are some other ideas:

• butterscotch chips
• caramel or salted caramel chips
• white chocolate chips

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Peanut Butter Apple Blondies

Peanut Butter Apple Blondies are a sweet dessert bar, filled with diced apples and peanut butter chips and topped with cinnamon and sugar. 

Prep Time15 minutes mins

Cook Time45 minutes mins

Total Time1 hour hr

Course: Bars

Keyword: appleweek, baking, blondies, peanut butter apple blondies

Servings: 16 bars

Calories:

Author: NicholeL

Ingredients

• 1 ½ sticks unsalted butter melted
• 1 ½ cups Bob's Red Mill Brown Sugar
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 1 tablespoon Taylor and Colledge Vanilla Bean Paste
• ¾ teaspoon cinnamon
• ¾ teaspoon salt
• 3 teaspoon baking powder
• 3 cups Bob's Red Mill Organic All Purpose Flour
• 3 Envy Apples peeled, cored and finely diced
• 1 cup peanut butter chips
• Topping: 1 tablespoon sugar + ½ teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9x13 baking dish with parchment paper.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer beat the butter with both sugars until combined, then add in the eggs, vanilla bean paste, cinnamon, salt and baking powder. Add in the flour.
• Add in the apples and peanut butter chips and mix until combined. Batter will be very thick!
• Spread the mixture into the prepared baking dish and smooth the top with a spatula.
• Combine the cinnamon and sugar together in a small bowl and sprinkle on top of the batter.
• Bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Let cool completely before slicing and serving.

Notes

Peanut Butter Apple Blondies are made even more delicious when topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

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