Bourbon Apple Blondies – Easy Fall Desserts
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Fall apples get turned into the perfect fall dessert with this recipe for bourbon apple blondies. With just a touch of bourbon, these blondies be requested over and over once you share them with anyone.
Fall for a lot of people means apple picking…especially around my area. We have tons of orchards to go pick your own apples. Of course, after all that apple picking, you need something to DO with all those apples. Bourbon apple blondies are a perfect option when you are craving yummy fall desserts!
Simple dessert bars are a great option but sometimes I crave something with a bit more flare. That is why I love this blond variation speckled with butterscotch chips and apples and flavored with bourbon vanilla.
Thsee apple brownies are just as easy as classic brownies, but perfect for those days you want to serve a common dessert with twist. You can easily create the flavors of caramel apple in a bar! And who doesn’t love finding new fall baking recipes?!
Bourbon Apple Blondie Ingredients
- Butter – I prefer salted butter in these but you can use unsalted and increase the salt below by 1/8 teaspoon.
- Brown Sugar
- Egg
- Bourbon Vanilla Extract – If you can’t find this, you can add in a tsp of bourbon.
- All Purpose Flour
- Salt – This helps cut some of the sweetness from the apples and sugar.
- Apple – You can peel these or do half peeled and half with the skin on. Totally a personal preference.
- Butterscotch Chips – This recipe is also great with white chocolate chips.
How to Make Apple Blondies
The most time-consuming aspect of this recipe is cutting and cooking the apple. After that, it is really a matter of combining all the ingredients into one rich concoction and spreading it into the pan.
Remember to closely follow directions and not over-stir so the bars will be moist and soft. Just fold the ingredients for these apple brownies together and stir until just mixed together. The full recipe steps are provided in the recipe card below.
More Great Fall Dessert Recipes
- Chocolate Pumpkin Dump Cake
- Pecan Pie Bars
- Caramel Apple Donut Fries
- Gruyere Apple Butter Crescents
- Pumpkin Cheesecake Brownies
If you make these bourbon apple blondies, I’d love to hear about your experience. Let me know in the comments or snap a photo and tag it #MySuburbanKitchen on Instagram and Twitter.
Bourbon Apple Blondies
Ingredients
Apples
- 1 large apple cut into ¼ inch chunks (Optional: peeled…I do half and half)
- 1 Tablespoon salted butter
- 2 Tablespoons brown sugar
Blondies
- ½ cup salted butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp bourbon vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- â…› tsp salt
- ½ cup butterscotch chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line an 8×8 pan with parchment paper. Set aside.
- Melt 1 Tbsp butter in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add 2 Tbsp brown sugar and apple pieces. Stir to combine. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes or until apples begin to soften. Remove from heat and let cool slightly.1 Tablespoon salted butter, 2 Tablespoons brown sugar, 1 large apple
- In a medium bowl, melt remaining ½ cup butter. Stir in remaining 1 cup brown sugar.½ cup salted butter, 1 cup brown sugar
- Whisk in egg and vanilla extract.1 large egg, 1 tsp bourbon vanilla extract
- Working in batches, stir in flour and salt. Mix until just combined. Fold in butterscotch chips and cooled apples. Pour into prepared baking dish.1 cup all-purpose flour, ⅛ tsp salt, ½ cup butterscotch chips
- Bake in preheated oven for 30 to 40 minutes or until bars are set. Let cool completely before cutting.
Nutrition
Recipe looks fantastic Shannah. I think you may have a typo in the Directions. You say add remaining 1 cup of butter I believe it should be brown sugar. Teally enjoy your blog and recipes.
Thank you so much for catching that. Let me go in and fix it.
These look very good .
I’ve never heard of these but I absolutely want to give them a try!
Where does the bourbon go?
The bourbon flavor comes from the bourbon vanilla extract.
I’m a school counselor and LOVE baking. I’m trying to create virtual hangouts and a student recommended this recipe that we bake together. Since I’m in school (and middle school at that, I’ve am going to have to omit the bourbon vanilla extract and use regular vanilla extract, but I”m sure it will still be amazing!! So excited to try this with my students virtually!!
Thank you so much for your comment. I love the idea of virtual baking events with students (so much so that I might recommend it to my daughter’s counselor!). I actually think the bourbon vanilla extract is alcohol free but totally understand wanting to substitute for plain vanilla extract. 🙂
All vanilla extract contains alcohol. Just the volume of vanilla to other ingredients negates any alcohol effects and taste. If you drink vanilla extract it is the same alcohol % as a straight shot.
Hi there – I would love to make these…I don’t think I have ever seen Bourbon vanilla extract near me (Toronto, Canada) without ordering online…is there any way I could substitute a touch of Bourbon with vanilla extract? (2/3 Bourbon with 1/3 vanilla extract maybe?)
Hi – I think that would work perfectly fine.
What type of apples do you use?! So excited to make this for my works potluck!
Any of the firmer apples will do. I typically go with a honeycrisp.
I tried these with Granny Smith apples. I doubled the recipe and baked in a 9×13 pan at 350F for 40 minutes, then another 10. Still really gooey! Should I not double recipe? Or were my Texas sized apples (looked ok to me) just too big/too much moisture?
It likely is a combination of doubling and the type of apples.
Hi! I was wondering how you store these and if they can be made ahead of time?
You could make them a few days ahead of time and store in an airtight container.
I was wondering if anyone has tried or thinks caramel chips would work instead of butterscotch? I happen to have most of a bag of caramel chips. To me it sounds like it should work…
Also any idea what size apple is large? How many cups/ounces/grams of apple?