Caramel apple blondies with an easy caramel frosting and topped with pecans for a delicious autumnal treat. With a gluten-free option.
Caramel apple treats are my favorite thing about fall. As soon as September strikes, all I want to do is bake apple-based everything, like this caramel apple cheesecake crisp or caramel apple cake.
One thing I hadn’t baked in a while was blondies so tossing in some apples and a whole bunch of cinnamon seemed like the right thing to do.
I’m normally all about super gooey and fudgy blondies and brownies, but these caramel apple blondies are a cross between the two.
I knew I wanted to top them off with caramel frosting and figured that super fudgy brownies plus frosting might be a little too much.
These caramel apple blondies are great on their own, but I don’t recommend skipping the caramel frosting!
It’s so easy to put together and doesn’t require actually making caramel – something I’m terrified of!
You just mix all the frosting ingredients together, boil for 1 minute and then add powdered sugar.
I’ve looked at some other caramel apple blondie recipes and they use a lot less cinnamon.
This recipe uses over a tablespoon of cinnamon and none of my taste testers thought it was overpowering!
Definitely feel free to reduce it if you don’t love cinnamon.
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