Apple Strudel Cashew Butter Blondies

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I know, that’s a mouthful to say, but thankfully it’s also a mouthful to eat. And BOY I have been sleeping on blondies. I 100% consider myself a brownie kinda gal…the only Blondie I was a fan of before this recipe sings “Call Me” and “Rapture.” But add a little American Dream cashew butter to a recipe, and I become a believer. Sorry, it’s hard to act cashewal when I’ve stumbled upon a new dessert favorite. But American Dream’s apple strudel cashew butter has crushed gluten-free shortbread cookies, caramel chips, and diced crunchy cinnamon apples just swimming around in each jar, so the flavor of these blondies are apple-solutely amazing. At only 134 calories a blondie, you can totally go nuts for these cashew butter blondies.

The terrible puns truly never end. But thank God they’re served with a side of dessert.

Recipe and Instructions

Apple Strudel Cashew Butter Blondies

  • Servings: 9
  • Difficulty: Beginner
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Soft, sweet blondies meet with apple strudel cashew butter

You could definitely replace the cashew butter with peanut butter or almond butter depending on allergies and flavor preferences. Use a 1:1 replacement. You can also use regular flour if not gluten free or regular sugar. This will impact the macros, though.

Ingredients

FOR THE BLONDIE BASE
*45 grams (1/2 c) Quest vanilla milkshake protein powder
*50 g (1/3 c) King Arthur gluten free flour
*48 g (1/4 cup) Lakanto granular monkfruit
*24 g (3 TBS) PbFit powder or powdered cashew/almond/peanut butter
*1/2 tsp baking powder
*1/2 tsp vanilla extract
*1/3 c Fairlife fat free or skim milk
*225 g (1 c) fat free Greek yogurt
*28 g (2 TBS) American Dream Apple Strudel Cashew Butter
FOR THE SWIRL
*58 g (4 TBS) American Dream Apple Strudel Cashew Butter
*15 ML (1 TBS) sugar free syrup
*30 g (@ TBS) Hershey’s cinnamon chips

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 and grease aN 8×8 pan with cooking spray
  2. Mix all dry ingredients (protein powder, flour, monkfruit, PB powder, and baking powder) well in a large bowl
  3. In a medium bowl, whisk the yogurt, extract, cashew butter, and milk until smooth
  4. Dump liquids into large bowl with dry ingredients, mixing just until everything comes together (if batter is too stiff, add 1-2 tbs water or milk)
  5. Pour batter into prepared pan
  6. Mix the remaining cashew butter with sugar free syrup, then drop by the spoonful into the batter, using a knife to create swirls of cashew butter
  7. Top with cinnamon chips
  8. Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes (a toothpick should come out with a few crumbs)
  9. Let cool in the pan on a cooling rack until room temp, then slice, and enjoy!
  10. Keep leftovers in the fridge (can reheat for 15 seconds to get chips nice and gooey again)

Nutrition

Macros
9 servings
134 cal/12 c/5.1 f/10 p per slice
“Call me (call me) on the line…Call me, call me any, anytime” …and I will 100% be there if dessert is involved.

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