Applebee's Walnut Blondie With Maple Butter Sauce

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour, sifted
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
• 1/3 cup butter
• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips
• 3/4 cup maple syrup
• 1/2 cup butter
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 ounces cream cheese
• 1/2 cup walnuts (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 sift flour, adding baking powder, baking soda, and salt. sift again.
• 3 add chopped nuts, mix well, set aside.
• 4 melt butter, add brown sugar and mix well.
• 5 add egg and vanilla, blend well.
• 6 add flour mixture, a little at a time, mixing well.
• 7 stir in chocolate chips.
• 8 spread into a sprayed 9 inch square pan.
• 9 bake for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• 10 for maple butter sauce:.
• 11 while blondie is baking you can prepare this.
• 12 combine syrup, butter, and cream cheese in a small saute pan and heat on low heat until everything is melted.
• 13 stir in brown sugar until dissolved.
• 14 add walnuts if desired.
• 15 note: if you like a lot of sauce you may double this sauce recipe!
• 16 serve this sauce over finished blondie with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream!