How To Make Buttery and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars Recipe
Chocolate chip cookies made into bars makes this classic dessert a lot to easier to make with no dough chilling or shaping into individual cookies required.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 2¼cupsall-purpose flour,(280g), spoon & leveled
- 1tspbaking soda
- 1½tspcornstarch
- ½tspsalt
- ¾cupunsalted butter,(170g), melted and slightly cooled
- 1cupbrown sugar,(200g), 1 packed light
- ¼cupgranulated sugar,50g
- 1large egg,plus egg yolk, at room temperature
- 2tsppure vanilla extract
- 1cupsemi-sweet chocolate chips,180g
- sea salt,sprinkle, optional
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
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Line the bottom and sides of a 9-inch square baking pan with aluminum foil or parchment, leaving an overhang on all sides to easily lift the bars out of the pan when cool. Set aside.
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Whisk the flour, baking soda, cornstarch, and salt together in a large bowl. Set aside.
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In a medium bowl, whisk the melted butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar together until no brown sugar lumps remain.
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Whisk in the egg, then the egg yolk. Finally, whisk in the vanilla extract. The mixture will be thick.
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Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix together until combined. The dough will be very soft, yet thick.
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Fold in the chocolate chips. The chips may not stick to the dough because of the melted butter, but do your best to combine them.
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Transfer dough to the prepared baking pan and press/smooth into an even layer.
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Sprinkle the top with sea salt if desired. Press a few more chocolate chips on top of the dough before baking.
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Bake for 32 to 35 minutes or until lightly browned on the sides.
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Allow the bars to cool in the pan set on a wire rack for at least an hour.Â
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Once relatively cool, lift the foil out of the pan using the overhang on the sides and cut into squares.
Recipe Notes
- Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a week.
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 245.64kcal
- Fat:Â 12.34g
- Saturated Fat:Â 7.51g
- Trans Fat:Â 0.35g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 3.44g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 0.56g
- Carbohydrates:Â 32.66g
- Fiber:Â 1.11g
- Sugar:Â 17.94g
- Protein:Â 2.76g
- Cholesterol:Â 34.50mg
- Sodium:Â 128.85mg
- Calcium:Â 18.04mg
- Potassium:Â 78.05mg
- Iron:Â 1.28mg
- Vitamin A: 77.78µg
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