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Copycat Applebee's Walnut Blondie With Maple Butter Sauce
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Try your hand at making this famous Applebee's blondie recipe at home. A blonde brownie with white chocolate chips is topped with a creamy maple butter sauce. Don't forget a scoop of ice cream to go with it.
serves/makes:
ready in:
30-60 minutes
30-60 minutes
28 reviews
3 comments
ingredients
Dough
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup melted butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup white chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Maple Butter Sauce
3/4 cup maple syrup
1/2 cup butter
3 ounces cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
Combine the melted butter and brown sugar in a bowl and mix until combined. Stir in the beaten egg and vanilla extract. Stir the flour mixture into the butter mixture in 1/4 cup increments and mix until smooth. Stir in the white chocolate chips and chopped nuts.
Spread the blondie batter in the bottom of a 9-inch square baking dish. Place the baking dish in the oven and bake at 350 degrees F for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out with moist crumbs.
Meanwhile, combine the maple syrup, butter, and cream cheese in a saucepan over low heat. Cook, stirring frequently, until the cream cheese is melted and the sauce is smooth. Stir in the brown sugar and cook, stirring frequently, until the sugar has dissolved. Stir in the walnuts.
Serve the walnut blondie warm with a scoop of ice cream and the maple butter sauce.
nutrition data
1285 calories, 66 grams fat, 165 grams carbohydrates, 15 grams protein per serving.
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reviews & comments
Searching recipes for this dessert, I see these comment about this recipe not cake-like. Comments on another copycat recipe are that that recipe is too cake-like and not like a brownie....
How do you achieve a more cake-like brownie ?
The comment right before yours mentions adding an extra egg.
May 26, 2014
Haven't tried the recipe yet however not times adding an extra egg will make it more cake like. I plan on trying it today.
November 1, 2013
I don't know if this is like Applebee's or not but my neighbor made this recipe (she gave me a copy of the printout) and it was really good.
October 17, 2013
The brownie is good but I agree with the other reviews that it needs to be more cakelike to match Applebee's. Still a delicious recipe, just not exactly like Applebees.
July 2, 2013
I used the suggestion of adding cream cheese to the sauce and I think that made the difference. I like the blondie part, but the sauce definitley needed that extra touch.
June 16, 2012
The sauce is very good but when I added the cream cheese it had tiny specks of cheese in it it was still very good but I whipped the heck out of it and it wouldn't smooth out.
Is unsalted butter used?
No, use regular salted butter
April 22, 2011
i have been looking forever for this recipe cause its so gooood
April 22, 2010
Yummy! Really good even without the sauce.
December 7, 2009
I agree with the others here - this recipe was definitely not the cake-like brownies they have at Applebee's. I tried baking longer to see if that would help, but no luck. They were still a mushy mess in the middle. I left them out to cool overnight, and the result was a more brownie-like bar that doesn't taste bad at all. Just not what I was looking for.
October 18, 2009
Wonderful! I used real maple syrup, and it turned out very similar to the Applebee's blondie. Careful, though, these seem to have aphrodisiac properties...!
March 14, 2009
The taste is very good however, the brownie is very hard. I was thinking of a more cake like brownie.... The batter was very stiff...
January 23, 2009
White chocolate works better in the maple sauce and 350 degrees on top oven rack and spread dow thin about 1/2 inch in pan.
May 15, 2008
Sauce tasted the same used real syrup. Blondie not quite the same but still very good.
May 1, 2008
This brownie is delicious! The sauce - not so much. Definitely not like Applebee's and not very good. When I make it again, I will add less maple syrup which may be better. I also used butterscotch chips in the brownie and it was great!
February 28, 2008
I know what is missing in the maple butter sauce after experimenting in my kitchen to get the exact flavor of the sauce. It is around 4 oz of soften cream cheese to the mixture you already have and leave the nuts out. The one at the restaurant has a smooth tan color and a tang at the finish. That is what is missing in all the recipes I have been reading on this. Also the recipe only makes this thin strong nutty brownie (it is very tasty) in a 9x9 or smaller dish. The brownie served at applebee's is much "fuller" and fluffier than this one is.... still a great recipe though!
November 15, 2007
Sauce is great with the cream cheese in it, but the brownie needs to be more cake-like to compare to Applebees.
October 20, 2007
Every time we make this, it gets rave reviews! Making it again tonight to bring to a party--our only substitutions are that we stir in butterscotch chips instead of white chocolate chips and we leave the nuts in a dish to the side of the sauce in case some folks don't want them. There's NEVER any leftovers with this dessert. I use the real VT maple syrup, too, straight from a family member's sugar shack up in the hills!
September 16, 2007
too much sugar,insanely sweet maybe more flour less brown sugar
July 18, 2007
the trick is using REAL maple syrup. although it is more expensive, it really makes all the difference
June 20, 2007
While the blondies were very good, the second time around I used chopped white bakers chocolate, which melted much better. I also used a Grade A maple syrup which is much lighter and didn't make the sauce as sweet. Very nice!
May 7, 2007
this was very close to the real thing, but the cake is not as fluffy as the ones at applebee's. but it still tastes the same and it is very good.
December 31, 2006
Did you use real maple syrup cause i did and it tasted identical try not using imation maple syrup i know its expensive but if you are looking for a identical then thats what ya gotta do
May 12, 2006
the brownie part was better than applebees! best brownie I've ever had!!! the sause was not the same, but still tasty!
January 9, 2006
This is the best desserts from any restaurant i've ever been too...... and i've eaten all over the world
January 9, 2006
I have to agree with others, this didn't taste like applebee's I want a more cake like brownie and sauce isn't the same as well, but good.
January 9, 2006
I find this recipe good but not equivilant to the Applebees recipie, the sauce is definetly not the same as in our applesbees.
March 20, 2005
The brownie was delish..the maple sauce was okay...This recipe didn't taste like applebee's but like I said it was great!!!
February 8, 2005
This recipe is so yummy try it, you will see 2 different entrys for this same thing THIS ONE is the right one I learned the hard way but you dont have to use this one
February 29, 2004
Not exactly what I was picturing as far as a more cakelike brownie and the white creamy sauce however it did taste good.