Gingerbread Cookie Bars
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4.6
Gingerbread Cookie Bars
Description
These Gingerbread Cookie Bars use a spiced flour blend featuring ginger, cloves, nutmeg, and cinnamon combined with molasses and both brown and white sugars to create a moist, flavorful dough. The butter is melted and mixed with sugars and molasses, then combined with the dry ingredients before folding in M&M’s candies gently by hand, ensuring they remain intact without being crushed.
Pressed evenly into a 9x13 inch pan, the dough bakes for 20 minutes. Once cooled, it is sliced into bars. This yields a soft yet sturdy texture typical of gingerbread, accented by the colorful candy pieces that add a sweet crunch. These bars are ideal for holiday gatherings or as a sweet snack.
The bars should be allowed to cool completely before cutting to maintain clean edges. Using a spatula to press the stiff dough evenly helps achieve an even bake.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/3 cup molasses
- 1 egg
- 2 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon cloves ground
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup M&M’s candy
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F.
- Melt the butter in the microwave.
- Combine the butter with both sugars, vanilla, molasses and egg and beat with a mixer until well combined.
- In a separate bowl combine the flour, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, baking soda and salt.
- Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and mix until flour is combined.
- Stir in the M&M’s, preferably by hand. Make sure they are well distributed, but don't over mix or they might get crushed.
- Spray a 9 x 13 inch pan with cooking spray and press the batter evenly into the pan with a spatula. The dough will be stiff and not pourable. Add a few more M&Ms on top of the batter if desired.
- Bake for 20 minutes.
- Cut into squares after the bars have cooled completely.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 20Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 198 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 198kcal | 10% |
| Carbohydrates | 31g | 10% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 7g | 11% |
| Saturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.3g | 2% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Trans Fat | 0.2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 22mg | 7% |
| Sodium | 218mg | 9% |
| Potassium | 105mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 21g | 42% |
| Vitamin A | 177IU | 4% |
| Vitamin C | 0.1mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 32mg | 3% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Overall Rating
4.6
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