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! Made with fresh apples and crunchy toffee, this easy blondie recipe will win you over in one bite!
Apple Blondies Are One Of the Best Apple Desserts For Fall!
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.
Apple Toffee Blondies Topped With Brown Sugar Frosting…Oh My!
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!
Apple Blondie Ingredients:
- butter
- light brown sugar
- eggs
- vanilla
- kosher salt
- baking powder
- flour
- granny smith apple
- toffee bits
Brown Sugar Frosting Ingredients:
- butter
- light brown sugar
- milk
- powdered sugar
How to Make Apple Toffee Blondies:
This is a straight forward recipe, an d you can print it out below. The hardest part is chopping your apples. No really!
- Coat 9×13 baking pan with nonstick spray.
- 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!
- Then make your frosting. You will want to frost the blondies after they have cooked…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. Do your best to get out any lumps. Then let the frosting cool for about 30 minutes to allow it to thicken up!
I know you will love these as much as I do!
And don’t forget to post your pictures on instagram to use #cookiesandcups so I can find you!
Enjoy!
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Apple Toffee Blondies with Brown Sugar Frosting
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Total Time: 45 mins
- Yield: 30 bars 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Description
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! Made with fresh apples and crunchy toffee, this easy blondie recipe will win you over in one bite!
Ingredients
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.
Notes
Store airtight at room temperature for up to 3 days or refrigerated for up to 5 days.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 blondie
- Calories: 194
- Sugar: 22.3 g
- Sodium: 52.9 mg
- Fat: 8.2 g
- Carbohydrates: 29.4 g
- Protein: 1.5 g
- Cholesterol: 33.4 mg
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Oh my goodness. These look awesome. I’m thinking football food, and I’m thinking I need to make it happen SOON! 🙂
The blondies look great.
I love dessert with fruit it in!! These sounds wonderful I hope I find time to make them soon!
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Thanks so much!!
Fruit in blondies topped with brown sugar frosting sounds like a great way to eat it. I LOVE this frosting!
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 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!
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!
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.
I can tie a cherry stem with my mouth but I don’t remember being in your dream last night.
Yummy dessert my friend.