Easy Blondies

Name: Easy Blondies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 8 tablespoons unsalted butter (113g); 1 cup dark or light brown sugar, lightly packed (115g); 1 large egg at room temperature; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; ¼ teaspoon almond extract, optional; ¼ rounded teaspoon fine sea salt, decrease a little if sensitive to salt; 1 cup all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled (130g); 1 cup chocolate chips (170g); ½ cup optional extras like toasted nuts or dried fruit (85g)

Instructions

Prep:10minCook:25min

This blondie recipe makes dense, rich, and fudgy blondies with a paper-thin, crinkly top. If you have it, use dark brown sugar. In our video, we use browned butter (adding an extra 5 minutes to the prep time). You can use plain melted butter in this recipe, but brown butter adds a lovely, toasty caramel flavor. I love how fudgy and gooey these turn out. With our recipe, the bars will be around ½ inch thick. We love them this way, but for thicker blondies, try adding baking powder to your batter (see tips below the recipe).

Updated at: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 02:08:12 GMT