Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

Did you know that I am a huge cookie monster and that my favorite cookie is the traditional chocolate chip cookie? I tried 20 recipes before I settled on this recipe. When I started my blog in 2017, I believed I would only publish  cookie recipes. Cookies usuallly require few utentils, are whipped up in a jiffy and need little time in the oven. They are so flavorful and the perfect comfort food. I seriously didn’t think there was anything better. But alas, apparently all these blondies and bars are often based on cookie dough. Who would have thought? So essentially below recipe is my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe, but instead of chilling the dough and forming each cookies, it is all going right into the pan and baked immediately. Essentially, you will be able to bite into one of these chocolate chip cookie bars in half an hour, beginning to end. Are you in?

Do you also feel that cookies are the ultimate comfort food? If somebody is sad, I will make some cookies, somebody has low energy or feels drained and exhausted? Cookies are the answer. Somebody is heart-broken? Cookies it is. Somebody is mouring, I will grab some cookies. For me it goes without saying that every dish, every cake,  or cookie is prepared with a lot of love. If you want to make cookies the fast way, I would recommend making these chocolate chip cookie bars, they only require one bowl, no chilling, and can be baked right away. You will be done in about half an hour having made all from scratch. Seriously, the best comfort food ever.

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Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

Serves: One 20x20cm cake form

Prep Time: 15min – Cooking Time: 20min – Total Time: 35min

These chocolate chip cookie bars only require one bowl, no mixer and can be immediately bake. This is comfort food at its best.

Ingredients

• 150 grams of unsalted butter
• 100 grams of brown sugar
• 50 grams of regular sugar
• 1 egg and 1 egg yolk at room temperature
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract, see here how to make your own
• 280 grams of all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons of cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda
• 160 grams of chocolate chips (or chocolate chunks, M&Ms, etc.)
• Optional: sea salt

Instructions

1

Line a 20x20cm (8inch) square pan with parchment paper. Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius.

2

Melt the butter in a small pot on the stove or in the microwave. Put sugars in a large bowl and add the melted butter. Stir with a spoon to cool off a bit.

3

First add the egg and then incorporate the egg yolk and the vanilla. Mix flour, cornstarch and baking soda on top and mix until a homogeneous dough is formed. Fold in about 150 grams of chocolate chips. Spread the dough evenly in the prepared pan. Bake on medium rack for about 20 minutes or until the edges are golden. Press the remaining chocolate chips inside the warm dough, sprinkle with coarse salt if desired. Wait until the bars have cooled, then lift out of the pan and cut into squares. If kept in an airtight container such as a cookie box, they will keep for a few days

Notes

No idea what to do with the leftover egg white? Check out see this blog post including how to freeze them properly.