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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

by Jamie

I have long looked for a great Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Bar recipe. We love making cookies in bar form around here (so easy, so time efficient and so delicious!), but I haven’t ever found a peanut butter version that I’ve loved…until now, friends. Hooray!

These bars are a delight. They are super chewy, loaded with peanut butter flavor and an immense amount of chocolate. The top has an amazing flaky texture that really adds to the quality of the bar. They are actually best a few hours after being baked and stay soft and chewy for days and days after they are made. As an added bonus, you only need 1 large mixing bowl and a wooden spoon to make them happen. (No mixer or multiple bowls needed!)

Lots to love about this recipe, gang. Hope some of you get a chance to try them!

Let me show you how to make it happen!

1. Preheat your oven to 325 degrees.
2. Into a large mixing bowl place 1 C butter. Melt in the microwave.

3. Add 2/3 C peanut butter (I used chunky).

4. Add 2 C brown sugar and stir it well.

5. Add 2 eggs and 2 tsp vanilla.

…and stir to combine.

6. Add 2 C flour. Sprinkle over the top of the flour 1/4 tsp baking soda and 1/2 tsp salt.

Carefully toss the dry ingredients together, then stir everything together.

7. Add 2 C milk or semi sweet chocolate chips and stir to combine.

8. Spray a 9×13 pan with cooking spray and spread the dough inside.

9. Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until the center is set.
10. Allow the pan to rest on the counter for 20-30 minutes, then use a sharp knife to slice into bars. Allow them to cool for 2-3 hours. Please note that these bars appear to be a little bit underdone when they are first sliced. However, once cooled (and even after a few hours) the texture firms up and results in a bar that stays moist and delicious for days and days. Trust me. 🙂 Let them rest for a couple of hours and they will be perfect.

Enjoy!

 

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 2 hours, 45 minutes

Yield: 16 large bars or 32 small bars

Ingredients

1 C butter
2/3 C peanut butter
2 C brown sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
2 C flour
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 C milk or semi sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 325 degrees.
2. Into a large mixing bowl place 1 C butter. Melt in the microwave.
3. Add 2/3 C peanut butter (I used chunky).
4. Add 2 C brown sugar and stir it well.
5. Add 2 eggs and 2 tsp vanilla and stir to combine.
6. Add 2 C flour. Sprinkle over the top of the flour 1/4 tsp baking soda and 1/2 tsp salt. Carefully toss the dry ingredients together, then stir everything together.
7. Add 2 C milk or semi sweet chocolate chips and stir to combine.
8. Spray a 9x13 pan with cooking spray and spread the dough inside.
9. Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until the center is set.
10. Allow the pan to rest on the counter for 20-30 minutes, then use a sharp knife to slice into bars. Please note that these bars appear to be a little bit underdone when they are first sliced. However, once cooled (and even after a few hours) the texture firms up and results in a bar that stays moist and delicious for days and days.
https://jamiecooksitup.net/2017/02/peanut-butter-chocolate-chip-cookie-bars/

Recipe adapted from Avery Cooks 

Looking for more amazing cookie bar recipes? Here are some of my favorites…

Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars 

Seven Layer Magic Cookie Bars 

Sugar Cookie Bars 

Brown Butter Sugar Cookie Bars 

Chewy Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Bars 

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Pam Hix March 12, 2022 - 6:06 pm

I once had a wonderful collection of all your recipes with mint chocolate which I have tried and tried to find and apparently lost from my email box. My mother in law is celebrating her 100th birthday three weeks from now. Her favorite desserts must include MINT CHOCOLATE. Can you please email me again how to access all your mint chocolate recipes…like I had before? There will be at least 8 people baking for this occasion and we so need to make different ones. I have tried most of your recipes and LOVE LOVE them! Please email me at [email protected] to forward these recipes. I think they were titled “ALL Things Mint” or something like that which I am not seeing on your page. Thank you so much for forwarding we how to access your dessert recipes using MINT CHOCOLATE. After the party, maybe I can forward you a picture of the dessert table at my mother in law’s party featuring your mint chocolate desserts with her by it with her gorgeous smile when she sees all the desserts are her favorite mint chocolate! She has a large freezer, so all leftovers (if there are any) will go straight to her freezer for her to enjoy long after her party.

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