Apple Blonde Brownies with Maple Cinnamon Icing

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Sep 30

Today's recipe for Apple Blonde Brownies with Maple Cinnamon Icing is one that I made up using the Chocolate Chip Blonde Brownies recipe, but using the delicious Honeycrisp Apple to make a new, decadent version of those brownies. I think they turned out pretty delicious, if I do say so myelf! September is almost over, but apple season is not. This is a treat that you can continue to make all through October and into November. These bars are so chock full of apple and cinnamon, they just reek of fall. I hope you'll give these a try and "wow" everyone you know.

Here is the recipe as I made it:

Apple Blonde Brownies with Maple Cinnamon Icing

Sift together:

1 cup flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/8 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon salt

Melt:

1/3 cup butter

Add to the butter:

1 cup packed brown sugar

Cool.

Add:

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

Fold in:

1-2 apples, chopped (I used 2 apples, but I think you could just use 1)

Add flour mixture to the egg mixture a little at a time, mixing well after each addition.

Fold in:

1-2 apples, chopped (I used 2 apples, but I think you could just use 1)

Pour into a 9" x 9" pan.

Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Cool in pan.

Frost with Maple Cinnamon Icing.

Maple Cinnamon Icing

Mix together:

2 cups powdered sugar

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

2 Tablespoons maple syrup

1 teaspoon softened butter

1-2 Tablespoons milk, or enough to make the icing just thin enough to spread

These bars use simple ingredients that you probably have in your pantry.

The batter is a bit thick.

I tried to stuff 2 whole chopped apples into the thick batter, but it was tough. I think 1 apple would work just fine.

It's pretty loaded with apple!

After baking, you can still see how full of apple they are.

Slather on that icing - it is so tasty and full of cinnamon and maple.

I guess they were just a little bit warm when I put on the icing. I mean, how bad can that be?

Seriously, can you ever really have too much apple? I think not!

I sent some of these bars home with our kids and my son's response to them was, "those bars were gross", which is family code for "those bars were unbelievably amazing". Yeah - I think that's what the code is. It is. These are rich, full of apple, and covered in that ridiculously cinnamon-y and maple-y icing. They're a bit on the decadent side, and there's nothing wrong with that. I hope you try to make a pan of these Apple Blonde Brownies with Maple Cinnamon Icing and just keep on enjoying fall as long as you can!