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Chocolate Chip Banana Blondies

Teresa Ambra
Chocolate Chip Banana Blondies will gob smack you from the first bite! These irresistible brownies are made with chocolate chips, pecans and ripe bananas. Plus, they have a delicious browned butter icing on top. Marvelous treat for tailgating parties, potlucks and summer holidays like Memorial Day or Fourth of July. Every bite will get your engines going.
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Course Cookies, Brownies and Bars, Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 24
Calories 448 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 9x13" glass baking dish
  • 2 medium sauce pans
  • 1 large mixing bowl
  • 2 wooden spoons
  • 1 spatula
  • 1 electric mixer
  • measuring cups
  • measuring spoons
  • 1 nut chopper if nuts are not previously chopped
  • 1 whisk

Ingredients
  

BLONDIES:

  • 2 cups UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour (bleached flour toughens baked goods)
  • 2 cups light brown sugar packed
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 cup unsalted butter melted (and browned, if desired (2 sticks)
  • 1 tbsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 cup ripe bananas mashed with a fork
  • 1/2 tsp. sea salt
  • 12 oz. pkg. semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1 cup pecans chopped, or walnuts (optional) (measure after chopping)

ICING:

  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 stick)
  • 1 cup light brown sugar packed
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 4 tbsp. half-and-half
  • 1 cup miniature chocolate chips

Instructions
 

BLONDIES:

  • To brown the butter: place butter in saucepan over medium heat and bring to a boil.
  • Boil, stirring constantly until lightly browned.
  • This may take five or ten minutes; set aside and cool 5 minutes.
  • Place browned butter in a mixing bowl.
  • Add brown sugar and mix thoroughly with an electric mixer.
  • If the mixture has not cooled sufficiently, wait a few minutes before adding eggs, vanilla and salt. (So the egg doesn’t scramble!).
  • Mix again with mixer until thoroughly mixed.
  • Stir in flour, bananas and chocolate chips and nuts, if using.
  • Mix until combined.
  • Pour mixture into a greased 9x13” glass baking dish.
  • Bake at 350° for about 40 minutes until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
  • Allow blondies to cool completely before icing with browned sugar icing.

ICING:

  • Melt butter over medium heat in medium-sized saucepan.
  • Add brown sugar and half-and-half and bring to a boil.
  • Remove from heat.
  • Cool icing ingredients 5 minutes.
  • Add powdered sugar and whisk until smooth.
  • Spread over cooled blondies.
  • Sprinkle miniature chocolate chips immediately over top.
  • Allow blondies to set before cutting into bars.

Notes

NOTE: The best way I can describe the browned butter is it looks almost like there is a head on it.
 
NOTE: These bars are easier to cut if you refrigerate them about an hour beforehand.
 
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Nutrition

Calories: 448kcalCarbohydrates: 60gProtein: 4gFat: 22gSaturated Fat: 12gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0.5gCholesterol: 49mgSodium: 64mgPotassium: 181mgFiber: 2gSugar: 48gVitamin A: 416IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 54mgIron: 2mg
Keyword bananas, brownie, chocolate, chocolate chips, chocolate dessert, cookie, dessert, pecans
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