Caramel Blondies
Chewy brown sugar blondies with ribbons of caramel running through them, baked for 30 minutes and finished with flaky sea salt.
Photograph credit: Salted Caramel Blondie - Nine Rolls 2025-05-25 by Andy Li · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
How to Cook Caramel Blondies
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Heat the oven to 175°C / 345°F. Grease and line a 20 cm square tin.
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Stir the melted butter and brown sugar together until thick. Beat in the eggs and vanilla.
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Fold in the flour, baking powder and salt until just combined.
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Spoon half the batter into the tin, drizzle with half the caramel, then add the rest of the batter and the rest of the caramel. Drag a knife through to swirl.
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Bake for 30 minutes until golden with a soft centre. Sprinkle with the flaky salt, cool completely and cut into 12.
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Things to Watch For
- Swirl the caramel, do not stir it in.
- Underbake slightly for a chewy centre.
- Cool fully before cutting.
A Little Background
It looks like a brownie that forgot the chocolate and tastes like a toffee. Blondies are made from brown sugar, butter, eggs and flour, and the sugar is what gives them their flavour: deep, caramel and faintly molasses-like. Add ribbons of real caramel to the top and the whole bar becomes a sticky, chewy indulgence.
The recipe is a one bowl affair. Melt the butter, stir in the brown sugar until it dissolves into a thick paste, then beat in the eggs and vanilla. Add the flour last, folded in gently. Beating after the flour is in makes the blondies tough and cakey rather than dense and chewy.
Swirl the caramel in, do not mix it. Spoon a third of the batter into the tin, drizzle over some caramel, add the rest of the batter and drizzle again. Drag a knife through the top in a figure of eight. Mixing would dissolve the caramel and lose the ribbons.
Underbake slightly, because blondies set as they cool and a fully set blondie in the oven turns dry. They are ready when the top is golden and crackled but the centre still has a soft wobble. Finish with flaky sea salt while warm and cool completely before cutting.
What to Serve It With
Vanilla ice cream · Coffee · Cold milk · Hot tea
Storing Leftovers
Keeps in an airtight container for 4 days.
Quick Answers
How long does Caramel Blondies take to make?
15 minutes of preparation and 30 minutes of cooking, so at least 45 minutes. The method also needs time for cooling completely, which it does not time, so treat that as a minimum. The recipe serves 12.
What's in a Serving
Per serving, an approximate calculation from the ingredient list. Treat it as a rough guide: part of the energy comes from foods, or weights per item, with no recorded source. How the figures are worked out.
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