Pecan Blondies With Browned Butter Frosting

Submitted by Nancy Van Ess

"originally from "Pillsbury Best Cookies Cookbook""

 

• Ready In: 1hr 30mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 36

ingredients

• BARS

• 236.59 ml sugar
• 118.29 ml brown sugar, firmly packed
• 118.29 ml butter, softened
• 4.92 ml vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 354.88 ml flour
• 4.92 ml baking powder
• 2.46 ml salt
• 118.29 ml pecans, chopped

• Frosting

• 29.58 ml butter
• 473.18 ml powdered sugar
• 1.23 ml vanilla
• 44.37 ml milk
• 36 pecan halves (optional)

directions

1. Bars: Heat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grease a 13x9" baking pan.
3. In large bowl, combine sugar, brown sugar and butter; beat until light and fluffy.
4. Add vanilla and eggs; blend well.
5. Add flour, baking powder, and salt; mix well.
6. Stir in pecans.
7. Spread in greased pan.
8. Bake for 23-33 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
9. Cool one hour or until completely cooled.
10. Frosting: Heat butter in medium saucepan over medium heat until light golden brown.
11. Remove from heat. Stir in powdered sugar, vanilla, and enough milk for desired spreading consistency; blend until smooth.
12. Spread over cooled bars.
13. Arrange pecan halves over frosting.
14. Cut into bars.

Reviews

[Elsee03]

Delicious! The blondies are soft and chewy. The icy is fantastic (I made it without the pecans). Kids and adults will love these Pecan Blondies!