Description
Indulgent chocolate chip and peanut butter cookie bars meld classic comfort with irresistible sweetness. Warm, rich layers promise delightful moments of pure baking bliss that welcome you to savor each delectable bite.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup (180 g / 6.3 oz) chocolate chips (semi-sweet or milk chocolate)
- ½ cup (115 g / 4 oz) unsalted butter, melted
- ½ cup (120 g / 4.2 oz) creamy peanut butter
- ½ cup (75 g / 2.6 oz) peanut butter chips (optional, for extra peanut butter flavor)
- 1 cup (200 g / 7 oz) sugar (¾ cup brown sugar + ¼ cup granulated sugar)
- 1 ¼ cups (160 g / 5.6 oz) all-purpose flour
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
Instructions
- Preparation: Activate the oven to 350F (175C) and line a 9×9-inch pan with parchment paper, creating extended edges for effortless extraction.
- Base Creation: Whisk melted butter, peanut butter, and sugars into a glossy, harmonious blend that promises rich, indulgent flavor.
- Liquid Integration: Vigorously blend eggs and vanilla extract into the butter mixture, transforming the texture into a silky, uniform consistency.
- Dry Ingredient Fusion: Delicately fold flour, baking powder, and salt into the wet mixture, maintaining a tender dough structure without aggressive mixing.
- Chip Distribution: Thoroughly disperse chocolate and peanut butter chips throughout the dough, ensuring a balanced sweet sensation in every morsel.
- Pan Arrangement: Expertly spread the cookie dough across the prepared pan, creating an even layer that fills every corner with potential deliciousness.
- Baking Process: Slide the pan into the preheated oven, baking for 22-26 minutes until edges turn golden and center remains luxuriously soft, developing a perfect textural contrast.
- Cooling Stage: Allow bars to rest in the pan for 15 minutes, enabling structural stabilization and flavor intensification.
- Serving Presentation: Elevate the bars using parchment paper, then slice into square portions to reveal the decadent, gooey interior.
Notes
- Prevent Dryness: Use room temperature butter and eggs to ensure a moist, tender texture that melts in your mouth.
- Maintain Gooey Consistency: Avoid overbaking by checking bars at 22 minutes and removing when edges are golden but center remains slightly soft and jiggly.
- Customize Chip Distribution: Mix chocolate and peanut butter chips gently to prevent sinking, ensuring an even spread of sweet morsels throughout the bars.
- Enhance Flavor Depth: Consider adding a pinch of sea salt on top before baking to amplify the sweet-salty contrast and elevate the overall taste profile.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 280
- Sugar: 20 g
- Sodium: 120 mg
- Fat: 14 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 35 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Cholesterol: 40 mg