Hey there, friends. Summer has officially begun! Let the crazy/good times begin. 🙂 If you are a parent and have school aged kids that are now home for the summer, you and I understand that this is one wild time of year, am I right? It always takes me a couple of weeks to get into the summertime groove. I read a super funny article today about summertime and child rearing. You can see it HERE. It will make you smile. 🙂
Not only does summer time come with an abundance of children (and heat!), but it seems we are always headed to some fun gathering where treats are needed. In an effort to save time in the kitchen (and heat in my oven) I tweaked my standard Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie Bar recipe just a bit and made it into a large batch recipe, made in a sheet pan that will yield 35 large bars, or 70 small ones. That is something to smile about, yes? You can add any kind of chocolate chips…milk chocolate, semi sweet, butterscotch, peanut butter or any combination you enjoy. I opted to use milk chocolate chips and m and m’s. Mostly because color is fun. And fun is good.
Hope some of you get a chance to try them! Take them camping or to the pool. Pack them along to your family reunion or to girls camp. They make a great, easy treat.
Let me show you how to make them happen!
1. Preheat your oven to 325 degrees.
2. Place 1 1/2 C butter into a large glass bowl. Melt the butter in the microwave.
3. Add 2 C brown sugar and 1 C white sugar and stir to combine. Then add 2 eggs, 2 egg yolks and 4 tsp vanilla. Whisk it together until well combined.
3. In a separate bowl combine 4 1/4 C flour, 1 tsp salt and 1 tsp baking soda.
4. Stir the dry mixture into the sugar mixture. Don’t mix it in all the way. The trick to making these bars nice and soft on the inside is not to over mix and not to over bake. So, at this stage…leave a bit of the flour showing. It will incorporate nicely for you as you stir in the chocolate.
5. Add 2 C milk chocolate chips and 2 C of M and M’s (almost all of a medium sized bag). You can use any kind of chocolate chips.
6. Stir the chocolate in to combine.
7. Spray a large cookie sheet with cooking spray (mine is 12 x 17). Press the dough evenly into the pan.
8. Bake for 22-25 minutes or until the outside is slightly golden. You want to be sure not to over bake. They are much better if the inside is nice and soft.
9. Allow them to cool for about 10 minutes then slice into bars and enjoy!
Here’s the handy printable…
Ingredients
Instructions
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Ohhh, that cross section at the end showing the crust on top and the goo inside… I’m tucking this recipe away for our next family party. No one can resist a chocolate chip cookie bar.
Just checking in to see if your website issues have been corrected. I guess not as it still shows your last post was June 7th. Or maybe you have given up blogging. So sad as I really enjoyed reading your blog.
Hi Barbara,
Thanks for checking in with me. 🙂 My blog is still up and running and I’ve been posting regularly. If you click the refresh button on your computer you should be able to see all of the lastest posts.
All the best,
~Jamie
Will you please give the the recipe for the large batch chocolate chip cookie bars. Its not showing up.
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Your recipe for the large batch cookie bars doesn’t show up. Just adds and comments? I have used this recipe before and I just needed to click on it.
I attempted the large batch cookie bars without much success. I cooked them for 25 minutes at 325 and it’s like raw dough inside. Not sure if I missed something or just need to cook them longer. It was like they needed another 10 minutes. ?
I had the same problem. I was hoping you got an answer.
Your picture instructions do not include the vanilla, so now my whole pan of bars is missing the vanilla!!! ?
Hi Tracy,
Thanks for catching my error. Hopefully they still turned out great. 🙂
Best,
~Jamie
This is an amazing recipe. I doubled this for a large luncheon and it worked out perfectly. Thank you!
Sandra,
So happy to hear it!
Thanks!
~Jamie
I tried this recipe and it came out great and only did 2 things differently. I replaced .5 c with applesauce. I also just used 4 whole eggs and didn’t mess with the 2 extra yolks. As with using large sheet pans for baking I turned off the oven and left the pan inside for an extra 10 minutes to make sure that the middle was done.
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Just put a batch of Large Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies in the oven. Great simple recipe. Making them for a name sale. I know they will be a hit. Thanks
Dana,
Hope you loved them!
~Jamie
My teenager made these last night for a bake sale today. They went FAST, with several buyers coming back for more! We sampled a corner of the pan last night and they were chewy and crispy and very buttery. Very good. We used salted butter and I think that was a good contrast against the sweetness of the chips and M&Ms. Definitely filing this one for future use.
Do you use Light Brown Sugar or Dark?
Can these be made ahead?
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Made these tonight. Super easy recipe ! I used semi sweet chocolate chips and mini M&Ms.
I had to bake an extra ten minutes but my oven can be a little tricky.
Will definitely keep in my cookie rotation and will try other add ins (butterscotch chips or Heath bars crunchies).
Just made these! So awesome! They were so easy to make and I loved that it made so many! Thank you.
Made with 1 C gluten free flour, and 3.5 c quick oats. DELICIOUS!!!
I made these bars yesterday for our Memorial day cookout today for the Veterans. Everyone loved them. I will definitely be making them again