Author Notes
These cookie bars are no joke—buttery, chocolatey, and everything else a cookie should be, but in bar form!
—Hungry Haley
Ingredients
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1 1/2 cups
whole-wheat flour
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1/2 teaspoon
baking soda
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3/4 teaspoon
baking powder
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1 teaspoon
sea salt, plus extra for sprinkling
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1/2 cup
butter, at room temperature, plus more for greasing the pan
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1/3 cup
brown sugar
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1/3 cup
cane sugar
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1/4 cup
nut butter
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1
egg
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1 teaspoon
vanilla extract
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1/2 cup
chopped chocolate bar
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1/3 cup
chopped nuts
Directions
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Preheat the oven to 350F and grease and 8x8 baking pan with butter (or oil).
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In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar using a hand- or stand-mixer on high until smooth and fluffy. Add in the egg, nut butter and vanilla - one at a time - and beat again until incorporated. Set aside.
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Combine the dry ingredients in a small bowl and stir. Slowly scoop spoonfuls of the dry ingredient mixture into the large bowl of butter-sugar-egg mixture. Keep the mixing speed on low to prevent flour from flying everywhere. Mix until just combined and gently fold in the chocolate bar chunks and nuts.
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Transfer the batter into the greased baking pan and lightly press it to evenly spread throughout the pan. Sprinkle with chocolate chips and bake for 20-22 minutes, or until golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean.
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Cool before slicing. Store in an airtight container at room temperature or in the fridge.
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Enjoy!
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