Monster Cookie Bar Recipe
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Monster Cookie Bar Recipe
Description
The monster cookie bars combine dry ingredients including flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, and sea salt with wet ingredients such as melted butter, brown sugar, vanilla extract, maple syrup, and egg. Rolled oats and candy mix-ins—milk chocolate chips and M&Ms—are folded into the batter, infusing each bite with varied texture and bursts of chocolate and color.
Baked at 350°F in an 8x8 inch pan lined with parchment, the bars become golden and pass the toothpick test for doneness. Cooling in the pan before removing helps the bars to set properly for clean cuts into nine squares. This recipe yields a chewy, sweet bar with the crunch of M&Ms and softer chocolate chips binding into the oat-rich base.
These bars work well as a portable treat or an easy dessert option. The recipe suggests sharing feedback but does not provide specific storage notes.
Ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ tsp sea salt finely ground
- ½ cup butter melted, unsalted
- 1 cup light brown sugar , packed
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon maple syrup or maple extract
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1 egg
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips
- ⅔ cup M&Ms
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350° F and line an 8x8 inch pan with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk or soft together the flour, cinnamon, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, mix together the melted butter and brown sugar.
- Add in the vanilla, maple and egg. Mix until incorporated.
- Add the dry ingredients and the oats to the wet mixture and mix with a spatula until combined.
- Stir in the M&Ms and chocolate chips.
- Spoon the dough into the prepared baking dish, using an offset spatula to even out the top.
- Bake on the center rack for 25 minutes or until it passses the toothpick test and appears golden brown and set.
- Allow to cool in the pan, then remove using the parchment as a sling and cut into nine even squares.
- If you've tried this recipe, come back and let us know how it was in the comments or star ratings.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 9Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 455 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 455kcal | 23% |
| Carbohydrates | 65g | 22% |
| Protein | 5g | 10% |
| Fat | 20g | 31% |
| Saturated Fat | 12g | 60% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Trans Fat | 0.5g | 25% |
| Cholesterol | 51mg | 17% |
| Sodium | 185mg | 8% |
| Potassium | 102mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 46g | 92% |
| Vitamin A | 421IU | 8% |
| Vitamin C | 0.2mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 80mg | 8% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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