Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
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4.7
Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Description
This recipe creates chocolate chip cookie bars by combining melted butter with packed light brown sugar and granulated sugar, then mixing in eggs and vanilla for richness. Dry ingredients including all-purpose flour, baking soda, and sea salt are whisked separately and added gently to the wet mixture to avoid overworking the dough.
Once chocolate chips are folded in, the dough is spread evenly in a greased or sprayed 9x13-inch pan. Optional sea salt flakes sprinkled on top enhance the chocolate's sweetness with a subtle salty contrast. Baking at 325°F for 25-30 minutes produces bars with a soft, tender crumb and gently crisp edges that pull away from the pan slightly when done.
These bars can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 4 days or frozen for up to 3 months. They can be sliced into squares and served as a handheld dessert or snack.
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt sea salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 12 tablespoons unsalted butter melted and cooled to room temperature
- 1 cup light brown sugar packed
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg large
- 1 egg large, yolk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract pure
- 2 cups chocolate chips
- sea salt for sprinkling over bars, optional, flakes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Spray a 9x13-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, mix the melted butter and sugars together until combined. Add the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla extract and mix until smooth.
- Slowly add the dry ingredients and mix on low, just until combined. Don't over mix.
- Stir in the chocolate chips with a spatula.
- Pour cookie dough into the prepared pan, smoothing the top with the spatula. Sprinkle cookie bars very lightly with sea salt, if desired.
- Bake cookie bars for 25-30 minutes or until the top of the bars are light golden brown and the edges start to pull away from the pan. Cool bars in the pan to room temperature. Cut bars into squares and serve.
Notes
- Store bars in an airtight container at room temperature for up to four days.
- Freeze leftover bars for up to three months to preserve freshness.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 24cookie bars
Amount Per Serving
Calories 225 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 225kcal | 11% |
| Carbohydrates | 32g | 11% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 9g | 14% |
| Saturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Cholesterol | 32mg | 11% |
| Sodium | 110mg | 5% |
| Potassium | 28mg | 1% |
| Sugar | 22g | 44% |
| Vitamin A | 230IU | 5% |
| Vitamin C | 0.1mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 30mg | 3% |
| Iron | 0.8mg | 4% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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4.7
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