Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Blondies
Made with almond flour, these gluten-free, grain-free Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Blondies taste like a soft baked cookie, only better. Moist, chewy and the perfect amount of almond butter and chocolate-y goodness! Recipe adapted from Eating Well Magazine.
Servings: 16 square
Ingredients
- ¼ cup butter or dairy-free butter softened
- ¾ cup smooth almond butter we used Barney Butter
- 2 large eggs
- ¾ cup light brown sugar packed
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¾ cup almond flour we used Barney Butter
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips or dairy-free chocolate chips reserve some to sprinkle on top or add extra depending on how many chocolate chips you want
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Prepare an 8-inch-square baking pan: cover parchment paper, allowing it to slightly overhang opposite ends.
- Cream butter and almond butter in a mixing bowl with an electric mixer until creamy.
- Add in eggs, brown sugar and vanilla, mix well.
- Whisk almond flour, baking powder and salt in a small bowl.
- Add the flour mixture into the wet ingredients until just combined.
- Stir in chocolate chips.
- Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan. Sprinkle with extra chocolate chips as desired.
- Bake 25-30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with just a few moist crumbs on it. Do not overbake.
- Let cool in the pan for 45 minutes. Lift the entire parchment paper out and transfer to a cutting board. Cut into 16 squares.
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Oh my word.These are the best.I did sub peanut butter for the almond butter.They were a hit with my sister and friend Joni.
So glad you love them too! Peanut butter is a great substitute always!
These are amazing! Made weekly (sometimes more) in our household ?
Love it! So happy you love them as much as we do! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Oh my! These bars are SO good!!!!!! I subbed a 1/4 cup of the sugar with honey and decreased the amount of the brown sugar by about 1/4 cup (just to give my toddler less sugar) and it was still plenty sweet! It will definitely be on regular rotation at our house. Thanks for this recipe!
Great substitutions! So happy you love them as much as we do! Thanks for sharing!
OMG! Another amazing recipe! I will say I did sub in peanut butter, as that is what I had, and then cut down to 1/4 cup brown sugar and wow so amazing! Every recipe you write, I just love! Thank you so much for another amazing treat.
Thank you so much Ashley! You just made my day! Bet they tasted amazing with peanut butter!
Is there a way to make these without eggs? We do not eat eggs.
Hi. Great question! I’ve never made them without egg. I like to substitute flax egg in some recipes and you could try that but I haven’t done it with this recipe. For this recipe, I would try mixing 1 tablespoon flaxseed meal with 2.5 tablespoon water in a small bowl and stir to combine. Let rest for 5 minutes to thicken. Let me know if you try it.
Hi these look so awesome! Can I substitute almond flour for 1:1 gluten free baking flour? Would I need to add more binding ingredients as baking powder or soda?
I haven’t ever made them with an all purpose flour… There’s not a lot of flour so I don’t believe you’d need more baking powder or soda but the texture will be different — a little more cakey.
Loved these! Substituted oat flour and added flax seeds for extra fiber. Delish!
Great substitution and love the addition of flax seeds! Thanks for sharing!
So good. I made these my first week in quarantine and they provided a much needed source of comfort. Nothing better than an easy homemade treat. So delicious!
Totally agree! We’ve been loving homemade treats right now too, and these are one of our favorites!
These were so good! Not too sweet and perfectly soft. I substituted the almond flour with King Arthur’s Gluten Free All Purpose flour and I only had a little light brown sugar left in the pantry so I used half light brown and half dark brown. Overall they turned out great and my entire family is enjoying them!
Great! Happy you were able to make that substitution and they turned out great! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Just made these and they are super awesome. I used a combination of chopped dark and bitter sweet ghirardelli chocolate because that’s what I had.
Thank you, will make again!
ooh, that sounds yummy! These are one of my favorites so happy you loved them too!
These bars are delicious!! My daughter loves them too! They were gone in no time!
haha that happens here too! Happy you loved them! Thanks!
These are sooo yummy! I used oat flour and cut sugar to 1/2 cup. Just like a cookie bar!
Thank you! They are one of my favorites! Happy they tasted good with less sugar — I’m going to try it next time!
These blondies were a big hit in my family. We love them so much in fact we made them twice in 1 week! Lol. I’m looking forward to trying new recipes especially the garlic knots for our pizza nights! So yummy!