triple peanut butter blondies
December 28, 2020
These are the bomb-est peanut butter blondies. Enthusiastically approved by friends, family, and someone’s dog (does that count?), who all went for seconds, yes, I can say these are amazing.
How are these triple peanut butter? There’s (1) natural crunchy peanut butter mixed into the blondie batter, (2) peanut butter chips folded in, and (3) melted peanut butter chips drizzled on top. Sprinkled with a generous amount of flaky salt, they are *perfect*.
An important note: You can bake these in an 8x8-inch baking pan or, like I did, in a 9x5-inch loaf pan. The 8x8-inch pan makes thinner blondies, which take less time to bake, while the 9x5-inch pan makes thicker ones, which take more time to bake.
A side note: I highly prefer cutting my blondies into wedges, as you can see in the pictures, instead of squares. Squares just don’t give you the variety of texture that wedges do! I want the slightly crunchy and chewy edge and the soft and gooey middle all in one slice :)
triple peanut butter blondies
Makes either an 8x8-inch pan or a 9x5-inch pan
1/4 cup + 2 tbsp mild olive oil or vegetable oil
1/4 cup + 2 tbsp peanut butter (any type)
1/2 cup dark brown sugar, packed
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup peanut butter chips + 1 tbsp for melting and drizzling
flaky salt for sprinkling
Preheat oven to 350°F, and line an 8x8-inch baking pan (makes thinner blondies) or a 9x5-inch loaf pan (makes thicker blondies) with parchment paper. Whisk together oil, peanut butter, and dark brown sugar. Whisk in the egg and vanilla. Fold in flour, baking powder, salt, and 1/4 cup peanut butter chips.
Scrape batter into the pan, spreading it out evenly. Bake until set - start checking at 20 minutes for doneness. The edges should be lightly browned while the center looks slightly underbaked.
Let the blondies cool in the pan. Drizzle with 1 tbsp of melted peanut butter chips, and sprinkle with a generous amount of flaky salt. Cut into squares or wedges if you’re feeling fancy.
