I love these bars because they have all the benefits of chewy, gooey, buttery chocolate chip cookies in less time, and with less work. Because they’re a little bit thicker than traditional cookies, they stay really soft. When I need cookies in a hurry, I go with this recipe. Make them with or without nuts, and experiment with different kinds of chocolate chips. You can’t go wrong.
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Soft and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars (Pan Cookies)
2017-02-14 18:00:04
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Prep Time
10 min
Cook Time
20 min
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 3 eggs (room temperature)
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla
- 3 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
- 2 cups (12 ounce bag) chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Lightly grease a baking sheet.
- Combine butter, sugar, and brown sugar cream until fluffy.
- Add eggs, and continue to beat another 3 minutes.
- Mix in vanilla.
- Whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda.
- Add to butter mixture and mix just to combine.
- Mix in chocolate chips and nuts.
- Spread in prepared baking pan to within ½ inch of edge.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 18-20 minutes—until golden.
- Cool on wire rack.
Notes
- Yields 48 (2 x 2 inch) squares
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Mix in:
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla
(You could have added the vanilla with the eggs, but I forgot. Oh well, you get an extra photo).
![Spread dough in prepared pan, keeping it one-half inch away from the edge. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until golden.](http://d1srdn5lm0231r.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/30074805/2016-02-26_6379_edited-1-copy_edited-1-1024x341.jpg)
Spread dough in prepared pan, keeping it one-half inch away from the edge. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until golden.