Maple Blondie (Applebee's Inspired)

"I was sort of let down by the Applebees copycat recipes for their Maple Butter Blondie. Applebees' blondie is nothing like a traditional blondie and is more cake-like and even sometimes dry (all the better for the ice cream and maple sauce). The blondie recipes I found online were always butter-laden with fudgy textures, which I don't care for. So I made this recipe. Second: most of the maple sauces are brown sugar recipes, but Applebees' sauce is white. So I used cream, white chocolate chips and white sugar to keep that coloring. Unfortunately, the maple extract has caramel color, so it darkened the sauce a little bit, but it was still good in my opinion. I hope you like it."
 
Download
photo by Che Pepe photo by Che Pepe
photo by Che Pepe
photo by Che Pepe photo by Che Pepe
photo by Che Pepe photo by Che Pepe
Ready In:
45mins
Ingredients:
16
Yields:
12 squares
Serves:
12
Advertisement

ingredients

Advertisement

directions

  • In a mixer blender butter and sugars until creamy.
  • Add vanilla, then add eggs one at a time and mix until incorporated.
  • Mix in flour, baking powder and baking soda.
  • Fold in white chocolate chips and nuts.
  • Grease a 9 by 13-inch glass pan and smooth top of mixture.
  • Bake 350° for 25-30 minutes.
  • For Sauce.
  • Combine cream, chips and sugar in a saucepan and cook, constantly stirring on medium heat right until bubbly and thickened. Be careful not to burn the sugary sauce.
  • Remove from heat and add maple flavoring and sour cream. The sauce will thicken more as it cools. (extract will the darken the sauce slightly but it will still be fairly light-colored.).
  • To Assemble.
  • Cut brownies and top with ice cream, then top with sauce and sprinkle with more nuts.
  • Tightly cover left-over brownies.

Questions & Replies

Got a question? Share it with the community!
Advertisement

Reviews

  1. This recipe is a keeper! My family has always been a fan of the Blondie’s at Applebee’s and were devastated when they discontinued it for a while. I tried making this for Thanksgiving and it was a big hit, so much so that my family begged for it again for Christmas. The only big change that I make is that I make candied pecans to sprinkle on top because I think I recall them using those at Applebee’s (I use a very simple recipe that I found on allrecipes). This makes a really big difference I think because it makes the rich buttery flavor really come out. It also may be helpful to make a note that it takes an incredibly long time for the sauce to thicken and I didn’t think it ever would, but eventually it did after my arm was about to fall off from stirring for half an hour straight (totally worth the work though!). Other than that I follow the recipe pretty closely and they turn our wonderful! Thanks for the recipe, I’m sure I’ll be making this for years to come!
     
  2. Excellent recipe. Have to admit I was hesitant to use a recipe that only had 2 reviews because I made for Christmas dessert. My husband loves Applebee's Blondie (loved them...they no longer have them on their menu). I looked at several other recipes and ended up using this one. I did add 1/2 cup milk chocolate toffee baking bits to brownies and additional 1/4 c white chips. This was the perfect consistency of brownie- especially to serve with ice cream and sauce. I also had trouble getting sauce to thicken- I did add a little corn starch and it seemed to help.
     
  3. Very deliciousi! It tasted just like Applebee's!!!!! I decided to make this last night and my family was pleased. I must say, a lot of butter is involved!
     
  4. Very good! The texture is more like applebees' cake blondie.
     
Advertisement

RECIPE SUBMITTED BY

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

Find More Recipes