Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

These are blondies, meet brownies, meet chocolate chip cookies. The bar is nice and moist and they make a great treat to throw in lunch boxes, for a picnic, or boxed up for a friend.
Course Dessert
Servings 36 bars

Ingredients
  

  • 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • cup unsalted butter melted
  • 2 ¼ cups light brown sugar packed
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350°.
  • Lightly grease a 10" x 15" jelly roll pan.           
  • In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.  Set aside.
  • In another large bowl, combine the melted butter and brown sugar, stirring until smooth.  Allow the mixture to cool slightly.
  • Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
  • Stir in the flour mixture, then add the chocolate chips.  Spread the batter into the prepared pan.
  • Bake the bars at 350° for 24-26 minutes, until their top is shiny and golden. Don't over bake or the bars will be be dry.
  • Remove the bars from the oven and let cool to room temperature before cutting.

Notes

Recipe from The King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion.