Today, I celebrate my 1 year blogiversary! I can hardly believe a year has passed. I loved every moment of it, except the stealing part. It truly has been a wonderful year filled with lots of delicious food and connecting with other bloggers and readers. And here’s to many more!
I thought I’d do a sweet post today in celebration of my blogiversary. This is my first brown butter recipe. I’ve been seeing a lot of brown butter recipes out there and thought I’d do one myself. This isn’t your usual type of blondies. It’s not overly sweet and dense like the ones I’m used to. It has a lovely pumpkin-y and nutty flavor from the brown butter. It’s sweet enough as an after-dinner treat, but not overly sweet for breakfast in the morning with your coffee, yum!
Happy 1 year Uni Homemaker!
Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) of unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt
- 1/2 cup of granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup of light muscovado sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla bean paste
- 1/2 cup of pumpkin ale (I used Blue Moon)
Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9″ x 13″-inch baking pan.
In a small sauce pan over medium heat, brown butter and stir occasionally. Once browned, remove from heat immediately. Keep in mind that once you remove butter from heat, it will continue to brown while it continues to cook. Keep a close eye on the butter, as it can burn quickly. Set aside and let the brown butter cool.
In a medium bowl mix together flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.
Using a stand or electric mixer (or mix by hand) mix brown butter and sugars until combined. Beat in eggs and vanilla paste. Then add flour mixture to the butter mixture a little at a time alternating with the pumpkin ale. Pour batter into the prepared pan, using your spatula to distribute the batter evenly.
Bake for 25-30 minutes (rotating once halfway through) or until toothpick/tester inserted into the center comes out clean. Let the blondies cool completely before cutting.
Adapted from Buttercream Blondie
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Happy Blogiversary! You have found a medium that shows off your many talents…cooking, baking, writing, photography! This is a wonderful combinations of flavors, all toasty and warm. I’ve been so curious about using browned butter in baking and am excited to try these. 🙂
Yay! Happy first blogiversary!!! It’s exciting and and I love the blondies you shared on this special occasion. I tried brown butter for the first time this year and the smell and the taste of brown butter is VERY addicting. Now that I remember it I started craving!! 😉 Looking forward to your more of your posts this year!
pumpkin blondies with browned butter and muscovado sugar….bet this can’t get any better…we are so eager to make these goodies tomorrow,it looks scrumptious,thanks for sharing 🙂
Congratulations on this delicious milestone! And what a yummy way to celebrate!! I Can’t wait for pumpkin season 😀
Happy 1 Year Blogiversary, Anne! Your bars look fabulous! By the way…pinned your Garlic Chipotle Cheesy Bread to a group board (Deliciousness) and the crowd went wild! (Major pinning action at Pinterest!) Once again, happy 1st anniversary, girl! xo
Thank you for the lovely words Stacy! And for the pin. 🙂 xo
Happy 1 year Anne! I can’t believe you’ve only been blogging a year – you’re such a pro! Your blondies are calling my name! I am so ready to do some baking with pumpkin. They sound perfect with brown butter.
Happy blogiversary! This is my first visit to your site and I’ll definitely be back for more! These blondies look great and I’m looking forward to pumpkin season.
Happy Anniversary Anne! Glad to be a follower of your awesome blog!
Happy Anniversary! These look delicious!!
Happy anniversary Anne! How time flies…
E and I are so happy for you. Hope you enjoy your days off, and we hope to see you guys soon, ciao.
Thanks M! 🙂
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I’m so sorry that I missed your Blogiversary, happy belated 1 year Anne! I’ve really enjoyed reading your posts and I definitely hope to read many more of your delicious mouthwatering recipes for years to come 🙂
These pumpkin ale spiked brown butter blondies sound like the perfect way to toast in this special milestone occasion 🙂 Yum!