Name: Vanilla Cookie Bars with Vanilla Frosting Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 20
Ingredients: Bars; 2¾ cups all-purpose flour; 1¼ tsp baking powder; ½ tsp salt; 1 cup unsalted butter; ¾ cup granulated sugar; ⅔ cup powdered sugar; 1 small Seeds of vanilla bean; 2 large eggs; 1 tsp vanilla extract; frosting; ½ cup butter; 1 small Seeds of vanilla bean; ½ tsp vanilla extract; 2½ cups powdered sugar; 3 tbsp half and half

How To Make Vanilla Cookie Bars with Vanilla Frosting Recipe

Thanks to plenty of vanilla beans, these vanilla cookie bars make the best dessert for any celebration. It is nut-free, decadently moist, and super tasty.

Preparation: 20 minutes

Cooking: 15 minutes

Total: 35 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

Bars

2¾cupsall-purpose flour
1¼tspbaking powder
½tspsalt
1cupunsalted buttersoftened
¾cupgranulated sugar
⅔cuppowdered sugar
1smallSeeds of vanilla bean
2largeeggs
1tspvanilla extract

Frosting

½cupbutter
1smallSeeds of vanilla bean
½tspvanilla extract
2½cupspowdered sugar
3tbsphalf and half

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 13×9-inch baking dish, set aside.
In a mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt for 20 seconds, set aside.
In the bowl of an electric stand mixer. whip together butter, granulated sugar, powdered sugar, and vanilla bean seeds until pale and fluffy.
Stir in eggs one at a time then mix in vanilla. Slowly add flour mixture and mix just until combined.
Spray hands with non-stick cooking spray and gently press mixture into prepared baking dish.
Bake until bars are set and no longer doughy in the center, about 15 to 20 minutes. Cool completely, then frost and cut into squares.

Frosting:

In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, whip butter with vanilla bean seeds until light and fluffy.
Mix in vanilla, powdered sugar, and 2 Tbsp half and a half and mix until light and fluffy.
If needed add more half and half, 1 teaspoon at a time to reach the desired consistency.