These thick, do-it-yourself Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars are the final word dessert bar that includes a chewy and delicate inside with a slight crunch on the skin.
AN EASY DESSERT BAR RECIPE
These Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars are the proper mixture of a peanut butter cookie blended with a chocolate chip cookie. It combines one of the best of each worlds. These simple, from scratch dessert bars come collectively in simply 40 minutes and are so insanely simple to make!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
Positive factor! I like a gooey center typically too. So what you’ll have to do is simply undercook for about 5 minutes and so they’ll be a little bit extra gooey within the center.
To reinforce the bars, swap the chocolate chips for completely peanut butter chips or any flavored chocolate chips. Scrumptious alternate options that will pair properly with these bars embody Reese’s items, diced Reese’s peanut butter cups, and even chopped peanuts!
Completely. In case you like crunchy peanut butter over the creamy stuff, simply swap it out at a 1:1 ratio.
So long as it’s not the type of pure peanut butter the place the oil separates. If it’s a no-stir pure peanut butter, that ought to work. I believe an almond butter may work as properly (though I haven’t examined it.)
I haven’t truly examined this recipe to make common cookies with, solely cookie bars.
Retailer leftover cookie bars at room temperature in an hermetic container for as much as 5 days. Or you may freeze them for longer, for as much as 3 months. These are finest loved at room temperature.
INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (SEE RECIPE CARD BELOW FOR THE FULL RECIPE)
- all-purpose flour – I do know technically with baked items it’s best to sift the flour however I nearly at all times neglect to do it. To just be sure you aren’t getting an excessive amount of flour in your baked items, be sure to do the dip and scoop technique and don’t measure straight from the bag (it’s nearly assured you’ll get an excessive amount of flour when measuring that method and your baked items will end up dry.) Put the flour in a bigger bowl and stir it. Then dip in your measuring cup and scoop some out then take the again of a butter knife and slide it straight throughout to take away the surplus flour.
- baking powder – be certain your baking powder is contemporary. If it isn’t, your cookie bars received’t rise correctly.
- salt – simply common desk salt.
- unsalted butter – if you happen to solely have salted butter, you need to use that, simply don’t add the additional salt that’s on this recipe.
- creamy peanut butter – as I said above, crunchy peanut butter will also be used if you happen to favor.
- granulated sugar and lightweight brown sugar – when measuring brown sugar, you truly wish to pack it into your measuring cup for an correct measure (not like flour.)
- giant eggs – when you’ve got time, let your eggs sit out to get to room temperature. It helps them to combine into the batter simpler and it additionally helps to create a lighter, fluffier batter.
- peanut butter chips and semi-sweet chocolate chips – totally different manufacturers make peanut butter chips. I often purchase those made by Reese’s. They’re actually yummy to snack on too!
HOW TO MAKE PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE BARS
Preheat the oven to 375°F. Spray a 9×13-inch baking pan with nonstick spray then line with parchment paper (spraying the pan first helps make parchment paper follow the pan and it received’t slide round whenever you go to unfold the batter in it). Put aside. In a big bowl, stir collectively the flour, baking powder, and salt with a fork then put aside.
Within the physique of a stand mixer or in a big bowl with an electrical hand mixer, combine collectively the butter with the peanut butter till easy. Add within the granulated sugar and brown sugar to the bowl and stir it in till mixed. Then add the eggs (separately) till absolutely blended. Stir within the vanilla extract.
Add the flour a little bit at a time till absolutely blended in (don’t overmix). Lastly, add the peanut butter and chocolate chips. Stir simply till mixed. Press the batter into the ready baking pan. Bake for about 25-Half-hour till a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clear.
Let cool utterly then carry the bars out utilizing the parchment paper. Lower into bars and serve.
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Preheat the oven to 375°F. Spray a 9×13-inch baking pan with nonstick spray then line with parchment paper (spraying the pan first helps make parchment paper follow the pan and it received’t slide round whenever you go to unfold the batter in it). Put aside.
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In a big bowl, stir collectively the flour, baking powder, and salt with a fork then put aside.
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Within the physique of a stand mixer or in a big bowl with an electrical hand mixer, combine collectively the butter with the peanut butter till easy.
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Add within the granulated sugar and brown sugar to the bowl and stir it in till mixed.
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Then add the eggs (separately) till absolutely blended. Stir within the vanilla extract.
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Add the flour a little bit at a time till absolutely blended in (don’t overmix).
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Lastly, add the peanut butter and chocolate chips. Stir simply till mixed.
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Press the batter into the ready baking pan. Bake for about 25-Half-hour till a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clear.
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Let cool utterly then carry the bars out utilizing the parchment paper.
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Lower into bars and serve.
- Please check with my FAQ’s (Continuously Requested Questions) and ingredient checklist above for different substitutions or for the solutions to the commonest questions.
- Retailer at room temperature in an hermetic container for as much as 5 days. Freeze for as much as 3 months. Greatest eaten at room temperature.
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