Bare Pantry Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

"This recipe is so easy and requires so few ingredients that many doubt how good it will be. Well..I'm here to tell you that these are one of the best chocolate chip cookie bars you can make! No eggs, so the dough is great to eat as well :) Give it a try...I know you'll love them!"
 
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Ready In:
32mins
Ingredients:
6
Serves:
16-24
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ingredients

  • 1 cup baking butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla
  • 12 teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 (12 ounce) package semi-sweet chocolate chips (1.5 cups for dough, 1/2 cup for topping)
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directions

  • Preheat oven to 375°.
  • Beat butter, sugar, vanilla & salt.
  • Gradually add flour and continue mixing.
  • Stir in 1 1/2 cups chocolate morsels.
  • Press into ungreased 9 x 13 pan.
  • Bake at 375° for 20-22 minutes until golden on edges.
  • Cool in pan until slightly warm.
  • For topping:

  • Microwave 1/2 cup of chips in a ziploc bag for 1 minute on HIGH. Watch carefully.
  • Knead the bag around until the morsels are melted and smooth.
  • Cut a tip in the corner of the bag and drizzle chocolate onto the bars.

Questions & Replies

  1. how to do it?
     
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Reviews

  1. Mine turned out super - I was really surprised that I didn't need any egg. For those who had problems, I'd be willing to bet they used all-purpose flour. I didn't think that would work, so I added baking soda and salt to convert mine to self-rising. So I would be willing to bet the ones that had problems didn't add any leavening. Thanks for the recipe - these were a big hit!!
     
  2. per review of mrthing I used Martha White self rising flour and as the dough was a little tough to work with I added about 2 TB canned milk when mixing in the flour, worked like a charm they look delicious but since it is a dish for Church I won't know how it tastes until someone tells me. Thank you for the recipe it is hard to find desserts w/o eggs!
     
  3. I made these and they were perfect. Our oven is a little bit older. So you have to adjust the temperature sometimes. However, I made these and I was very happy. Now a week later I got on here to check the recipe again to make them and decided to write a short review. Just follow the recipe and you should get great results.
     
  4. I made 6 batches of these.. And they were all harder than rocks!<br/>Avoid this recipe!<br/><br/>This recipe is very easy to make... but you won't be able to eat it!
     
  5. Yep, this recipe is a keeper!!! My pantry had Ghirardelli 60% Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate so that's what was used. My family enjoyed them very much despite being milk chocolate lovers. Thanks to other reviews, I watched this very carefully while baking in my inconsistent temp oven. The edges did brown but the center was obviously not done. A few minutes later the center was "done" and the edges were still fine. They turned out very well. As many say, this is more of a shortbread bar and is very, very good! This is a recipe that is staying in the recipe box to be used again and again! Thank you for sharing!
     
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Tweaks

  1. Easy & taste rezlly good. I used wheat flour instead of all purpose flour and added walnuts & pecans in it. I also made/baked this in a smaller pan so the result was thicker.
     
  2. Very good and easy - a perfect recipe for kids to make! We used chocolate bits instead of the chips and I think next time we'll use chocolate chips - I also thought raisins or nuts may be a nice addition, but great as is. Thanks for sharing!
     

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