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.
Servings: 36 bars
Course: Dessert

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

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350°.
  2. Lightly grease a 10" x 15" jelly roll pan.           
  3. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.  Set aside.
  4. In another large bowl, combine the melted butter and brown sugar, stirring until smooth.  Allow the mixture to cool slightly.
  5. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
  6. Stir in the flour mixture, then add the chocolate chips.  Spread the batter into the prepared pan.
  7. 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.
  8. Remove the bars from the oven and let cool to room temperature before cutting.

Notes

Recipe from The King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion.