Whiskey Walnut Blondies

Good morning!

I am so excited to be a part of my blogging buddy, Christina’s, virtual bridal shower this morning! A “virtual” bridal shower is just exactly how it sounds — a bunch of us all made recipes that we think Christina would love in real life and we are sharing them on our blogs this morning. It’s so fun to see what everyone came up with and at the end of this post, I’ll include links to all the recipes! I want, like, five of everything.

Christina is a Southern girl and that’s why I’m 110% sure she would both appreciate and love these whiskey walnut blondies. Folks, I’m not going to lie — I had a bit of a heavy hand with the whiskey last week. If you don’t like whiskey, I’m not exactly sure this dessert for you. But in my opinion, the combination of whiskey, brown sugar, brown butter and walnuts is a force to be reckoned with. And if you’re not sure you like whiskey….well then, you’ll learn to like whiskey. I actually did not like whiskey at all until about six months ago. I think I had one too many bourbon and diet cokes in college. But my lovely betrothed has taken up mixology as of late {bourbon in particular}, and, thus, I’ve fallen under the whiskey spell by association.

Plus, how could anything with brown butter be bad? Just try it!

Oh beautiful, glorious liquid from heaven above! Brown butter has my heart and soul….forever and ever, amen.

And pouring brown butter over brown sugar then adding whiskey? I don’t think I have to go into all the details on how amazing my little kitchen smelled while mixing these up. I think you get the point.

They were a nice change of pace from brownies and full of chew, just the way I like ‘em. I was worried I added a little too much booze {let’s be honest – the batter tasted quite alcoholic} but I deemed the final product perfection. The alcohol bakes out, anyway, and just leaves the caramel vanilla-like flavor behind.

Congratulations, Christina!!! You are going to make a beautiful bride. Now without further ado, here are the rest of the virtual bridal shower recipes to drool upon at work today!

Strawberry Macarons from Krissy
White Wedding Cake Cupcakes from Julie
Mini  “I Do”-nuts from Tara
Moon Pie Cake from Madison
Brown Butter Snickerdoodles from Joanne
Lemon Cupcakes with Sweet Tea Frosting from Kristan
Chocolate Covered Cheerios from Shelly
Mini Coconut Cream Pies from Megan
Sweet and Salty Party Cookies from Lauren

Whiskey Walnut Blondies

adapted from Heath Bar Blondies

yields about 16 blondies

Print this Recipe!

Ingredients:

1 stick butter

1 cup packed dark brown sugar

1 egg

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 tbsp whiskey {I like Makers Mark}

1 cup all purpose flour

1/2 cup roughly chopped walnuts

Directions:

Preheat your oven to 350 and butter an 8-inch square pan.

Brown your butter by melting it over medium heat on the stove until it becomes a golden caramel color (see here for more tips). Be careful not to burn the butter—you only want to brown it. This will take several minutes and it’s easiest to keep swirling the pan with your hand while it browns.

Pour the browned butter into the bowl of a kitchen aid and add the brown sugar. Beat for about four minutes, until creamy. Add the egg and beat again. Then, add the flour, salt, whiskey and vanilla extract. Beat until combined.

Fold in the chopped walnuts. Spread out mixture in your buttered pan and bake for 25 minutes, or until edges begin to pull away from the sides of the pan.

Let cool before slicing into squares.

Time:

35 minutes

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