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Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

Chewy, Soft Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars are baked in pan with lots of chocolate and pecans. These are soft and buttery. The recipe comes together in 15 minutes, and you only need a bowl, no mixer or anything else is required.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: baking, brown butter, brown butter cookie bars, brown butter cookies, christmas cookies, cookie bars, cookies, holiday baking
Servings: 16 pieces
Author: Devangi Raval

Ingredients

  • 2 sticks butter
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • ¼ cup almond meal optional
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 ½ cup chocolate dark or semi-sweet
  • ½ cup pecans or walnuts
  • Sea salt

Instructions

  • Pre heat oven to 350 F and line your baking pan with greased parchment paper. Whisk the flour, almond meal, salt, and baking soda in a bowl and set aside.
  • Take butter in a pan on slow heat and heat it up and let it change its color and once it smells nutty and it has changed its color slightly. Brown butter is ready. Let it cool down a little bit before using it. Once it cools down, add both sugar; granulated and brown into a large bowl then mix them together. Add the eggs and vanilla extract.
  • Add the dry to the wet and mix until just combined. It’s time to add all the fun stuff like chocolate chips and nuts, I also added some chopped pecans and leftover candy from Halloween. You can add cranberries or any other dry fruit too. Mix until evenly distributed.
  • Transfer dough to your prepared baking dish and smooth out the edges. Sprinkle sea salt (optional). Place it in the oven and bake at 350F for around 25-30 minutes. The edges will be set and slightly golden, but the center will look wee bit soft. A skewer/toothpick inserted in the center should come out clean. If you want to keep it softer than under bake few minutes.

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