Applebee's Walnut Blondie With Maple Butter Sauce

Submitted by robingracejohnson

"If you like the blondie at Applebee's you'll love this copycat version!"

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Yields: 1 9 inch square pan
• Serves: 8-10

ingredients

• 1 cup flour, sifted
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄8 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup walnuts, chopped
• 1⁄3 cup butter
• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1⁄2 cup white chocolate chips

• For Maple Butter Sauce

• 3⁄4 cup maple syrup
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 3⁄4 cup brown sugar
• 2 ounces cream cheese
• 1⁄2 cup walnuts (optional)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Sift flour, adding baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Sift again.
3. Add chopped nuts, mix well, set aside.
4. Melt butter, add brown sugar and mix well.
5. Add egg and vanilla, blend well.
6. Add flour mixture, a little at a time, mixing well.
7. Stir in white chocolate chips.
8. Spread into a sprayed 9 inch square pan.
9. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

10. For Maple Butter Sauce:

11. While blondie is baking you can prepare this.
12. Combine syrup, butter, and cream cheese in a small saute pan and heat on low heat until everything is melted.
13. Stir in brown sugar until dissolved.
14. Add walnuts if desired.
15. NOTE: if you like a lot of sauce you may double this sauce recipe!
16. Serve this sauce over finished blondie with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream!

Reviews

[Clare O.]

Doesn't look the same at all. The sauce if totally different.

 

[Chef DMR]

Although I wouldn't say this recipe is like the one from Applebee's, it's not to bad. It is extremely sweet and rich, so a little of this dessert goes a long way.

 

[anonymous]

This blondie recipe is awesome! The maple butter sauce that goes with it is nearly identical in taste and texture to a maple walnut syrup that I made and canned earlier in the year so I think that next time I will skip that part and use the syrup that I already have on hand. I will say that the blondie and sauce together were very sweet and rich - it was better with vanilla ice cream but I would go easy on the sauce unless you like things very sweet!