Home-style Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Pan-baked chocolate chip cookie bars. Takes 40 minutes total. Well-balanced for feeding a crowd. Our Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars Are our favorite and laziest way to bake chocolate chip cookies! This cookie bar recipe needs to be your go-to after-dinner or after-school treat. The cookie dough comes together in just minutes, they bake quickly, and most importantly, the cookie bars taste AMAZING! This is a cookie recipe you never knew you’d been missing out on!
Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
These chocolate chip cookie squares are soft and chewy and full of soft-centered chocolate made with vanilla, butter, sugar, and eggs. Whip up the cooking dough, toss the dough in a baking dish with parchment paper, and the oven does all the work. Serve with some vanilla ice cream or a big cold glass of milk and you have yourself PERFECTION!
Ingredients:
- All-purpose flour
- Baking powder
- Light brown sugar
- Butter
- Eggs
- Vanilla extract
- Semi-sweet chocolate chips
This recipe comes together in a snap and makes a well-balanced batch of soft, chewy cookie bars. You will come back to how soft and buttery these are!
Recipe Tip
They can easily be doubled for a crowd or made ahead of time. You’re going to appreciate the fact that you can whip up a pan of these Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars in 20 minutes minutes.
These chocolate chip cookie bars are so straightforward to mix and are well-balanced for those times you feel like chocolate chip cookies, but can’t be bothered with the effort of scooping and rolling individual cookies. These bars are as simple as mixing the batter and baking for 20 minutes. No electric mixer is needed for this recipe, simply melt and mix.
Why this stays in the rotation
- Two kinds of chocolate means double the happiness in every bite
- Skip the whole scooping-and-rolling dance – just spread and bake
- Get that well-balanced mix of chewy centers and crispy edges every single time
Instructions:
1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease or line a square baking dish with parchment paper
2. Add the flour and baking powder to a large bowl. Stir to combine and set aside.
3. Add the brown sugar, melted butter, eggs, and vanilla extract to another mixing bowl. Mix until well combined.
Recipe Tip
The brown sugar can be substituted with white granulated sugar, or try 1/2 cup white sugar with 1/2 cup brown sugar. The flavor will be memorable either way!
4. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir until just combined. Fold through the milk chocolate chips.
5. Spoon the batter into the prepared baking pan and smooth the surface with a spoon or spatula. Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until starting to turn golden and the top has set (the center will still be soft-centered, but don’t worry, this is the well-balanced texture you want). Allow time for chilling in the baking dish completely before removing and slicing.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars Recipe
Prep 10 minutesTotal 30 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup brown sugar NOTE: The brown sugar can be substituted with white granulated sugar, or try 1/2 cup white sugar with 1/2 cup brown sugar.
- ½ cups melted butter
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup chocolate chips NOTE: A roughly chopped chocolate bar can be used in place of the chocolate chips.
Method
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a square baking dish with parchment paper or prepare with non-stick spray
- Add the flour and baking powder to a large bowl. Stir to combine and set aside
- Add the brown sugar, melted butter, eggs, and vanilla extract to another mixing bowl. Mix until well combined.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir until just combined. Fold through the milk chocolate chips.
- Spoon the batter into the prepared baking pan and smooth the surface with a spoon or spatula. Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until starting to turn golden and the top has set (the center will still be soft-centered).
- Allow time for chilling in the baking dish completely before removing and slicing.
Notes
- These cookie bars also make a great dessert when served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Unless serving warm, it’s best to let these cookie bars cool completely in the tin. The cooler they are, the easier they are to cut. <div class="
