APPLEBEE'S WALNUT BLONDIE WITH MAPLE BUTTER SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Sift flour, adding baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Sift again.
• Add chopped nuts, mix well, set aside.
• Melt butter, add brown sugar and mix well.
• Add egg and vanilla, blend well.
• Add flour mixture, a little at a time, mixing well.
• Stir in white chocolate chips.
• Spread into a sprayed 9 inch square pan.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• For Maple Butter Sauce:.
• While blondie is baking you can prepare this.
• Combine syrup, butter, and cream cheese in a small saute pan and heat on low heat until everything is melted.
• Stir in brown sugar until dissolved.
• Add walnuts if desired.
• NOTE: if you like a lot of sauce you may double this sauce recipe!
• Serve this sauce over finished blondie with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream!