Here’s a shout out to those of you who don’t or can’t eat chocolate. Blond brownies, also known as blondies, are a must make.
If you’ve been wondering what to do with that jar of almond butter in your pantry, here’s a great excuse to screw off the top and pull together a sweet, healthy protein-rich snack for any time of day.
Another great thing: This is a one-bowl recipe, which I’m really digging lately. A few readers expressed the need for easy, no-kitchen-equipment-needed recipes. This is one of those. And simple ingredients too: almond butter, salt, egg, baking soda, honey, and vanilla extract.
Blondies {almond butter}
Yield 16 squares
These are quite amazing without any additions, but feel free to add your favorites, like chocolate chips, raisins, or even freeze dried berries.
For substitutions, you can use maple syrup in place of honey. I haven't tested flax seed egg or chia seed egg, but I bet they'll work. Same goes for cashew butter or other nut butter; the flavor will change some what according to the nut or seed you use.
If you use sunflower seed butter, you may want to add 1/2 teaspoon of lemon juice to prevent it from turning green.
When testing, I used 1/2 a jar of Trader Joes' creamy unsalted roasted almond butter, but any brand of raw or roasted almond butter will work. Just make sure there's no added salt or oils. Just pure almonds, ground into creamy goodness.
Ingredients
- 8 ounces (227 g) unsalted almond butter (roasted or raw)
- 1/2 cup (170 g) honey
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C, or gas mark 4).
- Line an 8 inch x 8 inch (20.32 cm x 20.32 cm) baking pan with parchment paper, or grease it generously.
- Add all the ingredients to a large bowl and mix until well blended.
- Scoop the batter into the baking pan, and spread it across the pan. It will even out when it bakes.
- Bake the blondies for 20 minutes.
- Cool and slice. Store covered for a week or in the refrigerator for a few weeks.
Is the receipt missing the flour?
No flour in this one 🙂
Do you need to use baking powder? I am wondering how to make these SCD compliant
It’s baking soda, my mistake! Just corrected it. Thanks for flagging that 🙂
Is it raw honey or regular honey? Thanks.
Either works 🙂
Hey Erica and Comfy Belly peeps, Aaahmazing!!!!! Made this once as written – delicious – and even with a little less honey. Just now made it with homemade pecan butter. Out of the park! Thanks Erica for a winner. Cocoa powder doesn’t seem to agree with me so these hit the spot. Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!! Jennifer
Wow, now I want to try pecan butter. Thanks for the tip!
Wow! Made these last Saturday and took them to our fellowship meal on Sunday. Great success <3
I also shared them with a friend on Tuesday. She loved them as well.
Now I have to make them with a different nut butter for a friend with almond allergies. Thanks for this recipe.
So good to hear! thanks 🙂
These are delicious! I made mine using homemade rice milk and they turned out perfectly. I did end up cooking mine until about 30-35 minutes and they became more of a bread texture and sooo good! Thank you for the recipe!
Thanks! Yes, the longer you bake them the more cake-like they become (vs gooey).
For my chocolate loving friends I added 1/4 cup of cacao powder and got rave reviews. Consistency still perfect, might even go up to 1/3 or 1/2 cup to up the chocolate factor. So much to love about this recipe!
Yes, it’s very similar to this brownie recipe: https://comfybelly.wpengine.com/2009/07/brownie-heaven-and-the-tour-de-france/
Another substitute for this winner of a recipe: date syrup! I have been using date syrup as a substitute for honey since I seem to tolerate date sugars a little better. I get mine from the Date Lady in the big bottles.
Also over the weekend make a double recipe in a 9×11 pan and used three eggs to make it slightly cakier, but still with a nice dense texture.
Great additions! Good to hear about date syrup as I’ve been wanting to try it as well.
Thank you a million times. I made this treat as my reintroduction to sugar (half the amount of maple syrup worked a treat) after a month and a half of SCD restrictions. This is amazing. Im so happy to find your site. Its made my boring food rainy saturday a very happy day.
Always good to hear this recipe is creating happiness 🙂
For the Pecan Blondies, were the pecans plain or roasted? Pecans are more moist.
I added cup of cold brewed coffee to this and it turned out to be most amazing food. It almost added more of chocolate flavor.
What a fantastic idea! Were the brownies wetter and did you bake them longer?
I brewed coffee and allowed it to get cold and then added it. I added it slow so the batter does not get too watery. At the end, I baked it bit more than usual to dry out the moisture. In short, it is bit moist than the one without coffee. My 12 year old son loves it. Thanks for all your creativity.
Thanks so much for sharing this idea. I’m going to try it a few ways. Cheers!
Is it supposed to puff up and be jiggly at 20 minutes?
I just peeked at my first batch in the oven and am now unsure if it is done.
I made your recipe exactly with no substitutions or additions.
Yes, it does puff up. If it seems too jiggly then give it another 5 minutes.