Chocolate chip cookie bars

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Chocolate chip cookie bars

I’ve been in a big cookie bar mood lately. They’re just so much easier than making cookies. No need to portion dough, bake, wait, and repeat it all over and over. You just throw all the dough into a pan and 15 minutes later you’re all set. In fact, growing up I almost preferred chocolate chip cookie bars over cookies.

These bars have a good amount of chocolate chips in them, which is awesome.

Chocolate Chip Bars – from My Baking Adventures, originally from Cookie Madness
8 oz regular salted butter (2 sticks) – I used unsalted butter
1 1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 cup of brown sugar, packed
4 large eggs
1 tablespoon of pure vanilla extract
3 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt (optional) – I added the salt
2 (12 oz) packages of semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 cups chopped pecans (optional) – I omitted the pecans

Cream the butter and sugars, beat in the eggs and vanilla.. Combine the dry ingredients and blend in. Add chips and nuts. Spread in a greased 15x 10 inch baking pan. Bake at 350F for 15-20 minutes. Cool and cut into bars.

Bars and Brownies, Dessert

8 comments »

9 Responses to “Superbowl Cupcakes! Go Colts! Go Saints!”

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Elina — February 7, 2010 at 7:22 pm

LOVE the decorated cupcakes! What recipe did you use? They look delicious. 🙂
It was nice meeting you yesterday. Your m&m cookies were yummy as well.
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Jen — February 7, 2010 at 7:23 pm

Thanks Elina! I used this recipe for Irish Car Bomb cupcakes from Smitten Kitchen. I’ll do a full post with the recipe and details later.
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Christina — February 7, 2010 at 11:43 pm

Super cute!! They look delicious too. 🙂
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Pamela — February 8, 2010 at 1:40 am

Thanks for the inspiration; I had seen the general idea elsewhere but never thought about doing it for sports logos for some reason. I made a few cupcake toppers this afternoon that I’ll be posting soon. (peasandcues.wordpress.com) Great idea!!
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Jessica LeAnne — February 8, 2010 at 3:09 am

I love this! Im going to try to make some candy toppers for my cupcakes now.
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nutmegnanny — February 8, 2010 at 6:25 am

They are so adorable! I don’t know why I do not do cupcakes more often. They are a such a crowd pleaser 🙂
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nutmegnanny — February 8, 2010 at 6:25 am

They are so adorable! I don’t know why I do not do cupcakes more often. They are a such a crowd pleaser 🙂
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Joy — February 11, 2010 at 12:18 am

I actually prefer the yellow sprinkles to the idea of yellow/gold frosting. It makes them look SO CHIC
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Michelle Rago — February 11, 2010 at 10:19 pm

I don’t know if the frosting or actually cupcake was my favorite part, so good I had to bring one to work with me on Monday.