It’s no secret that I love me some blondies.
I also have quite the deep affection for peanut butter.
So for one of my first gluten-free baking experiments, isn’t it obvious which direction I took?
adapted from Amy’s Almond Butter Blondies
ingredients:
- 4 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1/3 cup pure maple syrup
- 1/4 cup plain yogurt (I used 2% Greek)
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter, melted
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup gluten-free flour blend (I used Gluten-Free Pantry)
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, whisk together the melted butter and maple syrup. Then whisk in the yogurt, egg, peanut butter, and vanilla extract (one at a time). In a separate bowl mix together salt and flour-blend, and add that dry mixture to the wet mixture until well-combined.
Spread batter into a greased 8×8 pan (or in my case, an 8-inch cake pan) and bake for 20-23 minutes. Yields 8-12 blondies.
These turned out pretty good! They’re not exactly up to par with my other favorite blondies (which I’m very soon going to recreate gluten-free versions of), but they’ve got the dense/chewy/peanut-buttery thing down pat…almost fudge-like. And, well, how can that not be good?
Do you have any gluten-free recipes to suggest?
If you had to choose – peanut butter or almond butter?
Mmm these look great! I have a rather deep affection for PB as well! So happy your going to recreate your other blondies, I was going to ask how you make them GF now!
I’m ALL over this right NOW.
Oh peanut butter all the way! Your blondies look amazing as usual! I really want to make them for breakfast!
I’m thinking these + chocolate chips… mmm
Wow those look amazing! I’m defo more of a peanut butter fan! In fact, the few times I did try AB, I didn’t really like it. However when it’s a toss-up between almonds & nuts in general, almonds win!
Oh, yum! I love blondies…there’s something so satisfying about them. I’ve never tried Gluten-Free Pantry’s flour blend – the only store bought blend I’ve used is Pamela’s. I’m a mix-it-yourself kind of girl. Thanks for the mention! Hugs!
PS -if you haven’t ever linked to Slightly Indulgent Tuesday on my site this would be a great recipe! It’s a round up we do weekly – you can add any healthier recipe you choose. The guidelines for linking are on the post. Hope to see you there!
Ohh, awesome! If I don’t enter this week I will definitely keep that in mind for the future! I’m all about being slightly-indulgent
Thanks for the amazing site and recipes, by the way – I can’t wait to cook/bake my way through them!
Thanks for the cherry blondie shout out! You’ve reminded me that it’s high time I made those again!
Peanut butter. I love almonds, but I think almond butter almost always tastes like cardboard.
Drooling…do you think I can swap regular flour for these?
And PB all the way. It’s my heaven.
Yes I’m pretty sure regular flour would work as well!
if I had to choose, peanut butter by far! I don’t even like almond butter (scandalous, I know).
I love me some blondies!
I love me some almond butter, but peanut butter will ALWAYS be number #1 in my heart. Especially any version of PB & Co peanut butter.
I like almond butter, but man, peanut butter is too good. My favorite is PB & Co white chocolate…it’s probably not that good for me. I bought some sunflower butter recently, too — I like how drippy it is!
Mmmm!! Looks delish! I have never had almond butter but I really want to try it! So I guess I would have to go with peanut butter. Right now I am snacking on some chocolate peanut butter which is out of this world!!
These look fantastic! I do love me my chocolate, but I love blondies as well. They taste like dense cake in bar form, what’s not to love! I always bounce back and forth between my love for peanut butter and almond butter, but right now I’m definitely on a peanut butter kick!
thanks so much gracie im make these
Ohh these look delicious! I’m not GF but this would be so nice to take to an event where people often are! And I like the idea that these are dense and peanut butter-y. I wonder if i could add a few chocolate chips to this…
I love how dense these are!! So good!
I’d definitely choose peanut butter. Almond butter’s great but it doesn’t quite meet the nostalgic taste of a good ole PB sandwich.
Yum! These look like straight up PB fudge. I’ll take it!
I love all nut butters equally! As long as I have a good rotation going on, I’m happy. Have you ever tried Target’s almond/cashew/peanut butter? It’s just nuts and salt and very delicious!
Target has their own nut butter?! I’ve got to get on this!!
I just tried almond butter for the first time and I have to say, I prefer my beloved peanut butter. But maybe it will grow on me? Since I paid $5 for a jar, I’m not giving up too quickly!
Are you ready for this? Your mind is about to be blown.
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
As many chocolate chips as you can find
Mix. Bake 8-10 minutes. Love.
Does sugar work in a GF diet? I wouldn’t know. This isn’t my recipe (except for the chocolate chip part), but I made these ones and I don’t think I’ll ever go back to regular pb cookies again. They were mindblowing, especially with the chocolate chips. And they’re SO easy!
I’ve never had almond butter, so I don’t know if I would like it or not. I’m such a peanut butter lover, though, that I feel like nothing else could measure up.
omgosh, YUM!! I think I’ve heard of those cookies before – definitely gluten-free! Thanks girl
GIRLLLL YUMMM! those look great.
These look out of this world! I have a recipe for gluten free cookies and they are the yummiest peanut-butteriest cookies ever! I’m assuming these are even better! I choose pb all the way!
if i had to choose? SUNFLOWER SEED BUTTER. mmmmmmm mmm
those look great!I may have to make those, with a minor substitution..
I’m gluten-free too and I loooooove Pamela’s brand of mixes. Her vanilla cake mix is a lovely base for recipes like blondies. Bob’s Red Mill gluten-free flour mix is also good, although then you have to add xantham gum.
Holy moly. Blondies are probably my favorite dessert! I have missed them so much since having to go gf. Def appreciate this recipe!
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I’m not sure if I’ve never heard of/had these before because I live in the UK, or just because I’ve led a much too sheltered life, but I am planning a baking session for my weekend schedule! I LOVE pb (like seriously, addicted!) and feel like I’ve been missing out for the past 22 years
I’ll let you know how it goes…!
This is so wonderful! You should offer it up to Gena Lee Nolin on her thyroid Facebook page where sufferers are trying to live the gluten-free life – http://www.facebook.com/pages/Thyroid-Sexy/248528458499450
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