Everyone needs The Best Blondie Recipe – and this is the one I love! Filled with pecans, white chocolate chips and toffee pieces, every bite is sweet and rich and buttery.

It’s no secret that I’m not a choc-o-holic. I like it, as you can tell if you look in my archives, but I normally don’t go for the chocolate first.

My middle son? He’s the exact opposite. That boy loves chocolate like crazy. I’m not even exaggerating when I say he could eat chocolate at breakfast, lunch, and dinnertime. And for snacks in-between.

I was craving something sweet, so I whipped up a batch of these easy blondies. I was in the kitchen, cutting the blondies, and Easton came into the kitchen. I whispered him over so all the kids wouldn’t hear and offered him a piece of a blondie. He took it, took one bite, then gave the rest back to me. I asked what was wrong, and he said – “I don’t like it. It’s not chocolate.”

So yeah – it’s a miracle something that is not chocolate actually gets made in this house lately.

It’s a good thing I like blondies. Or maybe it’s not a good thing, because I wanted to eat the whole pan of these blondies myself.

#ihavenoselfcontrol

These are exactly what I’m looking for when I’m in the mood for a good blondie. Super buttery, lots of sweetness, and lots of texture is added with the pecans. And I love that they have toffee pieces in them. They melt into the bars, giving them such great flavor. And it doesn’t hurt that they only take one bowl to mix.

This really is the Best Blondie Recipe!

What is a blondie?

Maybe we should start with this question first – what exactly is a blondie? A cookie bar? A brownie without the chocolate?

Surprisingly, the answer is not cut and dry. Some people say it is a chocolate chip cookie in bar form, with or without the chocolate chips. Personally, I don’t agree with that one. (These Lunch Lady Bars are chocolate chip cookie bars, in my opinion!)

Some people say they are just brownies, minus the cocoa powder. Vanilla in flavor.

And yet some others, including the Joy of Cooking, says that it is a butterscotch brownie. This is the answer that I tend to go with. Because blondies need 2 important ingredients – butter and brown sugar. And that is what gives these bars their signature butterscotch flavor.

How to Make this Blondie Recipe

This blondie recipe only takes one bowl, so they are super easy to make!

Start by preheating the oven and lining a 9×13-inch baking dish with foil or parchment paper. You don’t have to do this, but it makes getting them out of the pan (and clean up!) so much easier.
To make the batter, stir together the butter and the brown sugar. Stir in the eggs and the vanilla, then add the flour, baking powder and salt and mix just until combined. Fold in the pecans, white chocolate chips and toffee pieces.
Transfer the batter to the prepared dish. Bake until the center is just set, about 35 minutes.
Cool completely before lifting the paper out, then cut into squares.

More Brownie and Bar Recipes

Fudgy Biscoff Swirl Brownies
Orange Blondies Recipe
Caramel Brownies
Pressure Cooker Fudgy Brownies
Gooey Slow Cooker Caramel Blondies

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