Brown Butter Breakfast Blondies

These tasty Blondies came to be by some experimenting with new ingredients.  Whenever I find something in the store that I have never used before, I usually buy it and work out a recipe to use it in.  You should try it!    

 

In this case, I purchased Maple Extract, because why not?! And a friend gifted me a gourmet salt gift set from Uncommon Goods which included Espresso Salt.  When you try an new ingredient like Maple Extract, either do a straight up substitution in one of your favorite recipes or come up with something completely new.  For example, Maple Extract can be a substitute anywhere a recipe calls for extract.  It would work well in Classic Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough with the addition of Toasted Walnuts or in a Cheese Cake recipe.  The possibilities are endless!  Hope you enjoy these easy to throw together Blondies and yes, I call them Breakfast Blondies so you have permission to eat them for breakfast!  #nojudgment

 

Printable Recipe

 Brown Butter Breakfast Blondies

 Makes one 8"x8" tray 

Ingredient List:

1C + 2Tbs All Purpose Flour

1/2 tsp Espresso Salt (can substitute regular salt)

1/2C Unsalted Butter

1 1/2C Brown Sugar

1Large Egg, room temperature

1 Egg Yolk, room temperature

1 tsp Maple Extract

2 tsp Instant Espresso

1/2C Rolled Oats (plus a little extra to sprinkle on top)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 F
2. Grease and line with parchment an 8"x 8" square pan
3. Sift together Flour and Espresso Salt, set aside
4. In a medium saucepan, heat Butter over medium high heat until it clarifies and tiny brown flecks begin to appear
   
5. Remove browned Butter from heat and add Brown Sugar
6. Allow to cool approximately 10 minutes (you don't want to scramble your eggs!)
   
7. Mix in Egg and Yolk, Maple Extract and Instant Espresso
   
8. Sprinkle in Flour mixture and mix just until uniform
9. Fold in Oats
10. Pour batter into prepare pan and work into corners and smooth out
    
11. Bake at 350 F for 25-30 min, toothpick should come out clean and Blondie should spring back in the middle when touched
12. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely before cutting

Enjoy for breakfast or as an afternoon pick me up!