Cookie Butter Toffee Blondies

Think of a blondie as a brownie’s chocolate free cousin. Same concept. Same texture. But, the flavors are dominated by buttery brown sugar goodness as opposed to a rich chocolate. But, I need at least a little chocolate in my life, so we’re getting silly and adding a layer of cookie butter and chocolate toffee bits right in the middle of our blondies.

Does that sound like heaven, or what?

Let’s start with the batter. We start by mixing a healthy amount of brown sugar with a healthy amount of melted butter. We’ll whisk them together until the two become one.

Next, we’ll whisk in our eggs, vanilla, and dry ingredients like flour and baking powder. It’s important that we keep our whisks moving and time this correctly though. We’re mixing eggs into warm melted butter, and the last thing we want to do is scramble our eggs. So, the brown sugar helps to start cool the butter down. And, whisking the eggs vigorously and constantly until they’re fully incorporated helps to keep everything moving smoothly together so those eggs don’t freak out.

After we have our batter together, we’ll pour half of it into our baking pan. Then comes the fun part. We’re going to melt some store bought cookie butter until it’s nice and pourable. Then, we’ll drizzle half of it all through the center of our blondie mix. Top it with a handful of chocolate toffee bits, then repeat the exact same process to create layer after layer of surprise goodness.

Then, to the oven it goes! However once these are finished baking, we can’t just dive head first right in. These blondies are going to be so soft and gooey on the inside, so we have to let them cool completely before we cut into them. No cheating on this one!

But I promise you, it’s so worth the wait. There are so many sweet and delicious flavors coming out of these blondies. You’ve got that overall rich sweetness that comes from all of that brown sugar. Then, you have this slightly warmly spiced twang coming from the cookie butter streaked through the blondies. And then, you have these pops of chocolate caramel from where the toffee bits melt. These are sweet on sweet on sweet, but they are ohhhh so comforting and delicious.

These blondies are for everyone out there with the ultimate sweet tooth!

OK, everyone! We have certainly exercised our love of the sweets this week. Back to the luxurious and savory next week.

Enjoy, have a great weekend, and let’s eat!