Nutty Blondies
These Nutty Blondies are a soft and chewy brown sugar blondie filled with sliced almonds, pecans, and cashews. You’ll love these chewy treats!
One of the best things about food blogging is the community – pretty much any food blogger will tell you that, but it took me way too long to figure out.
I started blogging when I was just sixteen years old, and I always felt like such a baby in the food blogging world that I never really reached out to other bloggers to make friends. Uhhh…such a mistake. As soon as I started chatting with other food bloggers, I realized how much value there is in chatting with other people who do the same thing as you, especially when that thing is done at home by yourself.
Now, I feel like I’m constantly chatting with other food bloggers and turning to those friends for help, to moan and groan about something or other, and for creative inspiration. One of the best things though? Actually getting to meet those friends!
Shadi over at Unicorns in the Kitchen reached out to me after she had been blogging for a few months, wondering if I would want to meet up for coffee to chat about blogging since we were some of the few Seattle food bloggers. We ended up spending hours talking about all things blogging, and subsequently planned a baking day.
I’m always baking by myself, since my friends have long stopped trying to help me out in the kitchen after learning my semi-control freak tendencies. BUT it was so much fun having Shadi over to help brainstorm, bake, and photograph! We made these blondies as well as a totally swoon-worthy skillet cookie that’ll be coming your way soon ;)
After scavenging around in my baking cabinet for what to make, we ended up with a ton of nuts and some coconut on the countertop. My mind immediately went blondies – they’re so simple to make and can handle all the mix-ins we wanted! After these were baked, Shadi and I fervently dug into the plate of them and couldn’t help but get excited about how deliciously they turned out.
The blondies have a brown sugar base, which gives the edges tons of chew and makes the blondies stay super moist and almost fudgy. Coconut, almonds, cashews, and pecans give these bars a ton of texture and flavor – you’ll love the crunch!
Even though I’m all for putting chocolate on everything, these blondies didn’t need any chocolate to make them awesome – they were plenty rich on their own! The drizzle of caramel was totally delicious, but definitely an extra. Whip up a batch of these real quick and you’ll be devouring them within the hour – enjoy!
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PrintNutty Blondies
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 16 bars 1x
- Category: Dessert
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg (room temperature)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup coconut flakes
- ¼ cup sliced almonds
- ¼ cup cashews (chopped)
- ¼ cup pecans (chopped)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line an 8×8″ pan with aluminum foil or parchment paper and spray with cooking spray; set aside.
- In a large microwavable bowl, melt the butter in the microwave. Whisk in the brown sugar. Add the egg and vanilla extract and whisk until smooth.
- Add the flour and salt and fold until combined. Add the almonds, cashews, and pecans and fold in. Pour batter into prepared pan, smoothing it lightly with a spatula or offset knife.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until the edges are golden brown. Let cool completely before cutting into 16 squares.
That’s sounds SO fun that you got to have a baking day with another blogger! I wish you and a bunch of other blogging gals lived closer to me! We would totally bake ’til we dropped. :D
Anyway, these blondies?? Gah, that caramel, just stop!! They look insane, Rachel!
How fun would that be?! Hopefully we can make our group retreat a reality and we can come up with tons of goodies together! Thanks, Sarah :)
Okay, WHOA. This is my perfect plate right here. I would even ALMOST confess to liking blondies more than brownies…. I am dying over all of the nuts and caramel!
I’m such a fan of blondies, yet I never make them. You’ve definitely inspired me to try this recipe asap!
Thats awesome you got together with another Seattle blogger! I feel like there should be some kind of Seattle food blogger meet up, because it would be so much fun to meet fellow food enthusiast.
Also, these nutty blondies look out of this world good!
Wait are you in Seattle?! We should totally have a blogger meet up! That would be such a blast :)
These blondies look amazing! I feel like a baby all the time, too haha but a baking day sounds awesome! Pinning :)
Blogging friends are the best kind! These nutty blondies look insane – that caramel has me swooning. Pinned!
These blondies look awesome Rachel! Anything with lots of brown sugar and nuts gets my vote! I’ve totally been meaning to make blondies for such a long time and now I have the perfect recipe :) Also, you’re right about the value of the blogging community. It’s definitely something I’m playing catch up with – it can be all too easy to get caught up in what you’re doing and go it alone, which can get pretty lonely!
THAT GLAZE!!! OMG! These blondies are calling my name!
And you are so right! The unexpected friendships are the best thing about blogging!
I can’t believe you started blogging at 16, what a bamf! Love it!
What a cute story and so glad you two had so much fun together baking! Absolutely delicious result and I think you two should get together more often :)
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What a nice story Rachel. These blondies looks so delish! Thanks for sharing!
So fun that you had a baking day with a fellow Seattle blogger! And these blondies look SO gorgeous! I love the coconut and nuts in here and that caramel sauce is totally calling my name!! <3
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I’m getting so hungry looking at those blondies! Your photos are making me wish I had one for a late-night snack. :) I love all of the nuts that you’ve packed in these!
I love baked goodies with nuts and coconut! These blondies look amazing! That’s awesome that you got together with another Seattle-area food blogger! I haven’t met any food bloggers in person, but maybe soon :)
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Oh my, I definitely need these in my life!! Blondies are definitely just as good as brownies, but simply don’t seem to get the same publicity!! No fair. They really do make the world a better place! :D
The friendships are one of the best parts of blogging! And wow…I’m loving these blondies! That sauce is just making me drool. What a perfect plate of deliciousness!
Thanks Gayle! I’m so excited we finally get to meet at Everything Food!!
The community is definitely the BEST part of blogging! It took me a hot minute to figure that out too and come out of my shy shell. :) These blondies look amazing, Rachel! So fun that you made these with Shadi!! Blondies are my favorite bar, but you guys took these over the top delicious! All the nuts in here sound fantastic and that caramel drizzle is all sorts of OMG, YUM! LOVE THESE! Pinned! Cheers, doll!
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That sounds like such fun!! Um and these blondies sound fantastic!
Awww a baking day sounds so fun!! I want to come play!! These look so, so amazing. That sauce…. yum.
It’s so nice to connect with other bloggers — I don’t think that anyone else truly understands what our job is! haha These blondies look incredible, Rachel! All those nuts and coconut, and that caramel! :)
Looks absolutely delicious!! My mouth is watering!!
Yes! Yay! I love other food bloggers and meeting up is always the best :D
and I adore all the nuts in these blondies! …and don’t even get me started on that caramel you poured over them!
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