Description
Brown Sugar Brownies are stunningly delicious and easily the best Blonde Brownies recipe you will ever make! Crunchy, crackly tops and bottoms. Soft, chewy and rich, caramel-y centers filled with pecans. This easy recipe is loved by young and old alike!
Ingredients
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- 1 cup (137 grams) unbleached all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 cups dark brown sugar, packed
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 1 teaspoon homemade vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350° F.
- Prepare an 8×8 baking pan by lining the bottom with parchment paper and then spraying with pan spray (even the parchment).
- Mix flour and baking soda in a medium-size mixing bowl.
- Add brown sugar and pecans and stir until everything is evenly distributed.
- Beat the eggs and add to the dry ingredients. Stir until they are fully incorporated and a stiff dough forms. To have them fully mixed in takes a full 2 to 3 few minutes. The batter is stiff at this stage. Don’t skip mixing it fully before moving on. You shouldn’t be able to detect any dry ingredients left in the bowl.
- Add the melted butter and vanilla. Stir until they are incorporated and a smooth, thick batter has formed. The batter should be homogeneous, with no signs of melted butter left anywhere.
- Spread the batter into the prepared 8×8 pan and bake at 350° for 35 – 38 minutes.
- Remove from oven and cool on a wire cooling rack for about 5 minutes. At this point, I lay another cooling rack over the top of the pan and flip it, letting the brown sugar brownies slide out onto the second cooling rack.
- Remove the parchment paper and then do the cooling rack flip one more time, so the brownie slab is right side up while it finishes cooling.
- Don’t attempt to cut the brown sugar brownies until they have cooled to lukewarm or room temperature. They are continuing to set up as they cool.
- Prep Time: 7 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Cookies, Bars, Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American