Apple Toffee Blondies
Apple Toffee Blondies are JAM PACKED with sweetness. From the buttery, apple blondies, studded with toffee bits, to the brown sugar frosting, these are always a huge hit!
This recipe as been a classic on my site for so many years. I wanted to give the photos a little spruce up, but I left the recipe EXACTLY the same. Sometimes things are just perfect as-is!
It’s September, which means apple vibes are in full effect. BUT I have to say that I am an apple girl all year long. Certainly they’re in abundance this time of year, but I don’t discriminate when it comes to my sweet treats. That would be wrong.
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And the great thing about this recipe is you can make it like I show here…with tart apple pieces and toffee bits inside a buttery blondie, topped with a rich and sweet frosting…OR you can leave out the toffee bits, if that isn’t your thing…or even leave off the frosting!
Personally, I am a frosting girl, but I have made these and dusted them with a little powdered sugar and they were still amazing. The frosting is just an added bonus for those of us with a serious sweet tooth!
This is a straight forward recipe. The hardest part is chopping your apples.
Then mix up your batter and spread it in your pan.
Bake it, let it cool and spread some yummy frosting on top.
Now, go on, go get your daily fruit serving.
I know you will love these as much as I do!
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Enjoy!
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Blondies
- 2/3 cup butter, room temperature
- 2 cups packed light brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 cups All-Purpose Flour
- 1 cup peeled, chopped tart apple (1 large)
- 1/2 cup toffee bits
Frosting
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup milk
- 2 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat 9×13 baking pan lightly with nonstick spray. Set aside.
- In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment mix the butter and brown sugar for 2 minutes on medium speed. Add the eggs, vanilla, salt, and baking powder and continue mixing until combined, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary.
- Turn mixer to low and add in the flour mixing until just combined.
- Stir in the chopped apples and toffee bits until evenly distributed.
- Spread batter into prepared pan and bake for 30 minutes until the center is set.
- Let cool completely before slicing or frosting.
Frosting
- Melt the butter in a medium saucepan. Add brown sugar and milk and bring to a boil. Remove from heat. Let cool for 5 minutes.
- Stir in powdered sugar with a whisk and let cool until it thickens enough to spread.
- Let frosting set for at least 30 minutes and then cut into bars.
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I was just about to make your Chocolate Toffee Bars, and now? This deliciousness! I don’t know what to do! Which to make?! But this is a good sign when this is the today’s hardest decision.
Ok, these look SOOOOO good!! I want to run to the store for apples and make these!! And normally I’m not a fruit in dessert kind of gal either, but boy do these sound good!
Haha, I love the bit about your dream and getting mad at your husband. I sometimes find it difficult to forgive people for things they’ve done in my dreams. They should be more careful about how they behave in my head!
I don’t even know where to begin on these. They look so good, I’m wondering when I could make them!
I just have to make these this weekend. They looks AMAZING 🙂
I, too, get angry at my husband for something that happened in a dream. See…….we are all normal 🙂
I LOOOOVE desserts with apples in it. True story.
Also, word to the wise–never buy clothing from a store that also specializes in oil changes and tools. The End.
Precisely why I don’t watch the news!
Um, I kind of want to make everything you make lately! Another recipe to save!!
These sound delicious and the icing takes these to a whole nother level. I relatively new to your blog and I’m still in awe of your recipes and photos. You’ve created a beautiful spot for your readers to visit and I really enjoy the time I spend here. I hope you have a great day. Blessings…Mary
That brown sugar frosting is speaking to me! YUM!
I’m torn between so many amazing looking recipes! I don’t know what to make first…
A perfect fall treat! Happy Baking!
This is a GREAT one Shel! I don’t know how you come up with these things! This one is going to be a hit…perfect for fall. Now for the list…I can tie a cherry with my tongue. Does this change what you think of me? I saw the housewife thing too. From the dentist’s office. All I could think is that my life would be much improved if I looked like her. I know someone who is Toddler and Tiara’s material, and I shift between wanting to punch her, and thinking about abducting her child. And, um, I bet Kim Kardashian can buy clothes from the Salvation Army and still look drop dead gorgeous. That’s my two cents for the week.
Kardashians at Sears? Hmmmm, seems kind of like a sell out. But these bars – I would be in trouble around these babies!
Such a LOVELY and oh so YUMMY looking dessert with fruit in it! I’ve been excited to start baking with apples as Fall has gotten into full swing here in Southern NH….your recipe is just what I’ve been looking for! Many, many thanks! 🙂
I have this weird feeling that I’ve made these before…it goes really well with your weird morning. I saw a commercial for an episode of the Kardashians where they were talking about their clothing line. Apparently there is “something for everyone”. Unless you don’t like leopard.
OMG seriously…you almost make me piddle in my pants. I hate when I have those kinds of dreams when I wake up pissed at the world! I have actually woken up and gave my sleeping husband a huge punch on the arm because he was “cheating” on me with Susan Boyle!
And “Like oh.my.God” I cant believe the Kardashians are selling at Sears. I mean, they could have made a deal with JCPennys at least!
But I do love your yummy dessert. That makes up for my husband cheating on me with Susan Boyle
HAHAHAHAA! Susan Boyle! That’s hilarious!
That does sound like an odd morning, The blondies look great tho and I bet they taste great as well!! Heres hoping you had a better day 🙂
Yay! A great recipe for fall… looks yummy!
Brown sugar frosting?? Now that sounds amazing to me! I sure hope your day got a lot better after posting this! I mean if you ate more of these bars, I’m sure that would help:-)
These look really yum!
I can tie a cherry stem with my mouth but I don’t remember being in your dream last night.
Yummy dessert my friend.
A. Can’t tie a cherry with my tongue.
B. Don’t watch her show.
C. Don’t watch that show.
D. Glad he didn’t miss the bus
E. Don’t watch their show and tired of seeing their faces at my supermarket check-out.
F. Love this recipe, love that there is fruit in it and that it’s apple and love that it has a brown sugar frosting.
This post cracks me up. Your husband seems to be very easy going! 🙂
These look delicious – pinning them for this weekend when I’ve got a hard-working, hungry crew of men here harvesting corn. Gotta love fall!
Fruit with frosting is perfectly acceptable. I’m not sure there is another way to eat fruit…other than mixed with sugar, baked and topped with frosting! 😉 Beautiful pics!
Ok, I heard about this Kardashians clothing line. It sounds just straight U-G-L-Y, you ain’t got no alibi you ugly, ya ya you ugly. I hope today starts off slightly less bizarre. Maybe you should eat these for breakfast, that’ll get your day headed in the right direction!
Fruit in blondies topped with brown sugar frosting sounds like a great way to eat it. I LOVE this frosting!
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I love dessert with fruit it in!! These sounds wonderful I hope I find time to make them soon!
The blondies look great.
Oh my goodness. These look awesome. I’m thinking football food, and I’m thinking I need to make it happen SOON! 🙂
I just made blondies with apples-will have to post the recipe soon. Loved them! I love that you added toffee. I am going to make these next!
I have everything to make these! WAHOO! *I might even add in some Caramel to the batter.
Thanks for sharing!
I just picked about 25 lbs. of honey crisp apples…I know what I’m making first 🙂 Thanks for sharing!!
haha, I saw the Kardashians hawking their stuff on all the morning shows. Considering their gneral fashion taste, I don’t think I would want anything designed by them.
Love how “appley” these look! And I totally agree about Toddlers and Tiaras… I’m wondering why they aren’t investigating those situations as possible crimes…
OMG Im in love with that frosting!
Gorgeous blondies!! And a hilarious morning, I have to say. 😉
Desserts with fruit is the best. Toddlers and Tiaras and leopard-print jumpsuits are train wrecks. I’m glad we have both in the world so everything balances out 🙂 Thanks so much for posting this recipe – it’s perfect for the fall 🙂
these blondies look so delish ! love the combination of apple toffee 😀
These look so good! And your photos are amazing (as usual)!
Looks like a wonderful fall recipe! I’m Gluten Free though…..I’m gonna try and use a GF flour blend. I have to at least try! Right? Wish me luck!
Good luck!!
Made these and they turned out good…the frosting is the BOMB, of course, but my bars did not look soft, gooey or dense like your picture. I will do a few things different next time:
1) add at LEAST 2 cups of diced apples…one cup was barely noticeable
2) I would add the whole bag of toffee bits
3) I would only cook about 22-25 minutes…definitely doesn’t seem to need 30 minutes…
I also added about a tbsp. of cinnamon and a dash of nutmeg…that gave it a great, warm flavor 🙂 I’ll let you know how the next batch goes 🙂 (and thank you for posting…even with changes, I think it’s a great recipe!)
First time here…made me chuckle, the story,not the recipe.
Recipe sounds great and I am trying that this week.
The dream resonates with me.
I dream about something, wake up mad and the husband has no idea what happened.
Poor guy, better bake him a batch of these brownies.
brown sugar frosting is an absolute favorite of mine, and pairing it with an apple-y treat is brilliant. tasty bars!
I just finished making these blondies. I must say that I was disappointed because the recipe said to wait 30 minutes for the icing to set up…….I didn’t wait. I took one little corner and WOW!!!!. These are absolutely delicious. Thank you so much for sharing this perfect fall treat. I will wait for the icing to set for my next piece….:-)
hahahaha! at first when you said you were disappointed, I was like uh-oh! But yay for not waiting 🙂
My husband has already had two slices since he came home from work. May have to hide them really soon. And he is like you…TOTALLY dislikes fruit in a dessert, but is really enjoying these.
how funny!!
I made these on this rainy, chilly day here in Wisconsin. They’re awesome! I did have to add 10 more minutes to the baking time though, as it was still very jiggly in the center at 30 minutes. They turned out great. I also had more than 1 c. of a huge granny smith apple. They are VERY sweet, thus small squares are being cut. This is a keeper!
I can see how you might need a little extra bake time. My oven seems to cook a little hot 🙂
So glad you liked them!
Yum….these look amazing!!
these are soooooo delicious and the recipe makes a lot. the only complaint I have…and I can’t believe I’m saying this…is that I found the frosting to be too much, in quantity and sweetness. next time, I’ll halve the amount and just give the bars a think layer. they are so good though and will be added to my favorites!
I made these the other day and the ladies at work loved them! I substituted and toffee bits with pecans and they were so yummy!! I posted the recipe on my blog and linked it back to you 🙂
As soon as I saw this recipe I knew I had to try it! I made these for work a few days ago substituting pecans for toffee bits and they were a massive hit with everyone who tried them!! Thank you 🙂
That’s awesome!!
I made these this afternoon, and oh mah goodness. They were absolutely divine. The frosting on top sends the richness factor over the moon and back, so just a little morsel is more than sufficient! Without the frosting, the blondies aren’t extraordinarily sweet. I found that the toffee didn’t seem to add much except more butter (which this has a-plenty). The tart apples are really what sets this recipe apart. Thanks for sharing. I’ll definitely be keeping this recipe around for special occasions in the future!
I have to make these!! They look and sound AMAZING!
These look absolutely delicious!
Love the recipe! I used Gluten Free flour and used white Choc, Chips – since I was out of toffee chips. I did alter it and was very happy w/ the results. Thanks.
Ran across these on pinterest and had to comment because they look so good! Awesome recipe!
These were very good but veeeery, very sweet. I personally thought the frosting was overwhelmingly sweet, but my mom told me it was just right and gobbled them up. I guess it’s all about personal preference. Next time I think I would use less frosting and maybe leave out the toffee since it brought a very buttery taste along with the butter already in the recipe. Of course when I mentioned that to my mom she scoffed, so don’t necessarily follow my lead!
So delicious! Made them last night and had a piece for breakfast…
Sounds super! Will be trying soon! TY!
These are so yummy! Just don’t be like me and reduce the sugar to 1 1/2 cups or you’ll end up with cake. Not cake-like blondies, but cake. 🙂 But it’s a delicious cake! It could also have something to do with the German flour. I tripled the apples because after tasting the batter, I knew certain people would still whine about the sweetness. So I threw in a bunch of tart apples. Perfect. 🙂 I can’t wait to make this as written! (but hey, it wasn’t my fault… seriously, they’d be all, “Too sweet, too sweet! YOU Americans make everything too sweet!”) Ugh.
hahaha!! If you don’t want them to be too sweet, you can also leave off the frosting.
I didn’t making the frosting although I wanted to. I made these to ship off to my husband and thought the frosting wouldn’t do so well. But instead of shipping them off, I covered half of it in caramel sauce, plopped the other half on top and now have an amazing cake. Whoospie!
Zee Germans are going to get granola bars instead. 😀
These are very good, but veeeeeerrrrry sweet. I would make them again, but would have to figure out a way to cut the sugar a bit. My teeth were literally aching after I ate one! The flavor is amazing, just too much sugar. Also, I followed the recipe exactly and the middle was undercooked, which made them stick to the pan. I would add 10 more minutes next time. Thanks for sharing!
oh you ladies that are commenting on the fruit that’s in this lovely dessert…..keep in mind there is a total of 5 cups of sugar in this sweet fat daddy!
Going to make these today. Do you store in the fridge or at room temp? same question for your brown sugar toffee bars. Thanks!
I stored mine at room temperature, but putting them in the fridge wouldn’t hurt. Just allow them to come up to room temperature before serving 🙂
Thanks!
Do you store these in the fridge or room temp? Same question for your brown sugar toffee bars. Thanks!
I’ve made these blondies on two occasions this fall. THANK YOU for one of the best recipes I’ve ever seen. These are dangerously delicious. Everyone who has had one has loved them. My boss even called eating one a “religious experience.” Haha! Such is the power of this dessert.
Sounds like my kind of food. But…(there’s always a but, isn’t there?) Where are the pecans. Down here in Texas, it isn’t edible without pecans. Hope you don’t mind if I cheat and put a few (like a couple of cups) chopped pecans in this before baking. And your brown sugar buttercream sounds like something I’d get up in the middle of the night for. Thanks.
Made these for a Husker tailgate party. I forgot to add the toffee chips to the batter, so added them on top of the bars before baking. I also added Biscoff cookie butter to the frosting and reduced the amount of butter. My, oh my – these bars are delicious!! Received many compliments and everyone asked for the recipe. Thank You for sharing.
I thought the story was hilarious, but these bars are SUPER sweet, I might try experiementing with less sugar, two cups of brown sugar is staggering.
Oh my honky! I just made these…AMAZING!!! You definitely have a new follower!
I just made these (as a trial run for a Thanksgiving dessert.) Oh.my.gawd. Amazing!
I’ve decorated for fall all weekend and then baked these awesome Apple Toffee Blondies this afternoon. They are just delicious. After reading all the replies, I decided to make a half recipe of the icing and they turned out perfect. Too many for hubby and I, so I’ve boxed up some and will gift to friends. I love your Blog and am a follower. Everything I’ve tried is so easy and delicious. Thank You!
Well. I WAS in bed but now I’m getting up to go make these blondies..YUM!
First of all, delicious recipe – thank uou very much for sharing Shelly. I’m sure my friends will love these. Please may I ask though, how did you get your frosting so smooth and even? It looks perfect. Any tips? Thank you. I baked these last night, left them to cool whilst I fell asleep to the gorgeous apple aroma running through my house, lol and this morning I have made the frosting and finished the blondies and now my house smells sweet and fall like and I don’t want to leave to go to work! Thank you Shelly 🙂
Love your recipes, especially this one. cant wait to try it. This is going to be sure on the Diwali festival sweet menu at our home.
I just tried this recipe, used a conversion table for your american cups, ended up with an un-eatable sugary mass, complete waste of time
One of my favorite Autumn recipes from you… make them every year! Thanks…
Love hearing that!!
Amazing…! your dish looks so delicious and good and i will make this dish few upcoming days. thanks for the sharing your idea and keep share your new ideas.