These are by far the best brownies ever. Brownies are one of those recipes where you usually just use one recipe over and over, without trying to find some other recipe to try, since they're all pretty similar. Well this is my family's brownie recipe. As you may have noticed, there is no "adapted from" box below the name of the recipe. Instead, I have to give credit to my mom and my mom's friend for the origin of this recipe. I practically grew up on about one to two batches of these a week, and they never get old. Plus, they are super easy! Like no joke they're the quickest things to make, ever! The prep time I estimated was 15 minutes, and that may have been too much! You can also jazz them up with your favorite flavor of chips. I used mini peanut butter cups from King Arthur Flour, which worked very well.
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About 20 minutes into putting these in the oven, I immediately was taken back to the good old autumn days apple picking and the countless apple crisps I made. So yes, this may be more of a fall recipe, and it is almost spring, but nevertheless these bars were amazing! I absolutely love apples, and sugar, and butter, so when you put them all together and sprinkle with a cinnamon glaze, it simply doesn't get better than that. Also, these are pretty simple and you don't have to spend too much time cutting apples or figuring out pie crusts!
As far as choosing apples go, Braeburn's work perfectly! Other good choices include Golden Delicious, Honeycrisp, or any kind of crisp apple. I used Braeburn and Macoun because thats what was in my fruit bowl, but Macouns are a bit of a softer apple so I wouldn't necessarily recommend them for this. When cutting the apples, make sure you cut them pretty small, since these bars will most likely be cut much smaller than a typical apple crisp or pie is cut. When making the pastry mixture, make sure you beat the egg before adding it,or else you will end up with a mess! This is very important, so I actually bolded it below, since it is an understandable, yet catastrophic mistake to make. Also, add the flour/sugar/cinnamon mixture to the apples in chunks, since depending on how many apples you use and how small you cut them, you may not need all of it. I ended up having too much, so there was extra on the bottom. Hope all this information helps! Enjoy! Oh. My. Gosh. That's all I have to say about this recipe. These are so good. Some call them blonde brownies, or some (like me) like to appreciate the combined name of blondies for these delicious treats. This recipe takes it to a whole new level and does it the right way though. And yes, I have always mentioned how much I hate having to melt chocolate or sugar or anything really in a saucepan or double boiler, because it can be a pain. But in this recipe it is really crucial and you can tell in the end the difference it makes by melting the butter and brown sugar together first. Also, it is actually pretty simple, just butter and brown sugar. I have tried making blondies before and in all seriousness, not all recipes do it right, but this one hits the target spot on and gives you a delightful butterscotch-ey almost taste that's quite irresistible.
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