These caramel apple blondies are soft and chewy, filled with apples, cinnamon and salted caramel sauce, and so quick and easy to make!
Fall just screams for caramel apple treats, doesn’t it?
Or maybe it does at my house because I always buy giant boxes of apples in the fall because they’re so good. I then have more apples than I know what to do with. So of course I bake with them.
When I’m not eating them that is, and maybe dipping them in some homemade salted caramel sauce. Because that’s just plain amazing.
These caramel apple blondies are also pretty amazing though. Soft and chewy blondies filled with apples and cinnamon with a layer of caramel baked into the middle. They really make the perfect fall dessert.
What is the difference between a blondie and a brownie?
It isn’t often that I’ll choose blondies over brownies, I will admit, but these caramel apple blondies definitely give my favourite brownie a run for it’s money.
Blondies and brownies are actually very similar. They’re both soft and chewy bars – but the base of a blondie is brown sugar and vanilla instead of cocoa.
Is a blondie a brownie?
Nope. Blondies are also known as blonde brownies, but they aren’t the same thing. Basically they are vanilla brownies.
They naturally have more of a caramel flavour so the addition of salted caramel sauce and apples goes very well in these caramel apple blondies.
How long do you bake blondies?
If you bake blondies for too long they will dry out and you won’t end up with a chewy bar.
If you want soft and chewy blondies, bake just until they are golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out with a few moist crumbs on it.
Start with the lower baking time and bake longer only if it’s needed.
How to make Caramel Apple Blondies:
- Make sure to line your baking dish with parchment paper so you can easily lift out the blondies to cut them. If you don’t have any, spray your dish with non-stick cooking spray first. Let the blondies cool completely before cutting them into squares so they don’t fall apart on you.
- I used this homemade salted caramel sauce, but a store-bought caramel sauce will work just fine.
- Make sure not to over-mix the batter, or to over-bake the blondies.
Here are some more great apple treats for you:
- Apple Crisp Cheesecake
- Caramel Apple Crisp Pie
- Apple Pie Bars
- Apple Coffee Cake
- Apple Muffins with Crumb Topping
Caramel Apple Blondies
These caramel apple blondies are soft and chewy and filled with apples, cinnamon and salted caramel sauce. They mix up quickly and disappear just as fast!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Unsalted Butter, melted
- 1/3 cup Granulated Sugar
- 1/2 cup Brown Sugar, lightly packed
- 1 large Egg
- 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1 cup All-Purpose Flour
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
- 1 cup Chopped Apples, peeled and diced small (1 medium apple)
- 1/4 cup Salted Caramel Sauce
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Prepare an 8x8 inch baking dish by lining it with parchment paper, allowing the paper to overhang the dish by a couple inches on each side so that the bars can be lifted out after baking.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the melted butter and the sugars until smooth.
- Add the egg and vanilla whisk together.
- Add the flour, salt and cinnamon and stir until just combined.
- Fold in the chopped apples.
- Pour the half of the batter into the prepared pan and spread it as evenly as possible - it will be thick.
- Drizzle the caramel sauce over top of the batter.
- Cover the caramel sauce with spoonfuls of the remaining batter, spreading it out as evenly as you can.
- Bake for 40-45 minutes, or until the blondies are golden brown, and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with only damp crumbs on it, but no wet batter.
- Set the pan on a wire rack to cool completely.
- Once cool, the bars can be lifted out of the pan using the parchment paper and cut into 16 squares.
- Store in an airtight container at room temperature.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
16Serving Size:
1 barAmount Per Serving: Calories: 132Total Fat: 6gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 27mgSodium: 148mgCarbohydrates: 18gFiber: 0gSugar: 12gProtein: 1g
I’ve also shared this Caramel Apple Blondies recipe over on Food Fanatic.