Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
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4.8
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Description
This recipe blends softened butter and creamy peanut butter with sugars to form a rich dough. Eggs and vanilla add moisture and flavor, while dry ingredients including flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt support the structure and tenderness. Milk is incorporated for additional moisture, and semisweet or milk chocolate chips are folded in to provide bursts of melted chocolate within the bar.
After mixing, the batter is spread evenly in a 9×9 pan and baked until the edges start to turn golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center returns clean or with a few moist crumbs. Cooling before cutting ensures the bars hold their shape and have the characteristic chewy texture from the peanut butter and sugars.
These cookie bars offer a classic peanut butter and chocolate combination in a convenient format, suitable for sharing or packing as a handheld treat.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter softened to room temperature, unsalted
- 1 cup peanut butter creamy
- 1 ½ cups light brown sugar tightly packed
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg + 1 large egg yolk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 2 cups chocolate chips semisweet or milk chocolate would work great
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line a 9×9 pan with parchment paper (or lightly grease and flour the pan).
- Using an electric mixer, cream together butter, peanut butter, and sugars until well combined.
- Add egg, egg yolk, and vanilla extract and stir well.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt until well combined.
- Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture until completely combined.
- Add milk and stir again until mixture is well incorporated.
- Fold in chocolate chips.
- Transfer batter to prepared 9×9 pan and use a spatula to spread it evenly into pan.
- Bake on 350F for 35 minutes or until edges are just beginning to turn golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean or with few moist crumbs.
- Allow to cool before cutting and serving.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 16bars
Amount Per Serving
Calories 497 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 497 | 25% |
| Carbohydrates | 61g | 20% |
| Protein | 7g | 14% |
| Fat | 25g | 38% |
| Saturated Fat | 12g | 60% |
| Cholesterol | 44mg | 15% |
| Sodium | 138mg | 6% |
| Potassium | 177mg | 4% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 42g | 84% |
| Vitamin A | 425IU | 9% |
| Vitamin C | 0.2mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 66mg | 7% |
| Iron | 1.8mg | 10% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
User Reviews
Overall Rating
4.8
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