Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

Name: Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 36 servings
Ingredients: 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon salt; 3/4 teaspoon baking soda; 1 1/4 cups firmly packed light brown sugar; 3/4 cup (3/4 stick) vegetable shorteningor butter-flavor all-vegetable shortening; 2 tablespoons milk; 1 tablespoon vanilla extract; 2 egg; 1 cup (about 1/2 of a 12-ounce package) semi-sweet chocolate pieces; 1 cup coarsely chopped pecans

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Perfect for lunchboxes or as an after-school treat, these cookie bars are as easy to make as they are delicious!

prep time 15 minutes

total time 45 minutes

serves 36 people

Ingredients

cost per recipe: $8.06

1 3/4
cups all-purpose flour
1
teaspoon salt
3/4
teaspoon baking soda
1 1/4
cups firmly packed light brown sugar
3/4
cup (3/4 stick) vegetable shorteningor butter-flavor all-vegetable shortening
2
tablespoons milk
1
tablespoon vanilla extract
2
egg
1
cup (about 1/2 of a 12-ounce package) semi-sweet chocolate pieces
1
cup coarsely chopped pecans

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How to Make It

Heat the oven to 350ºF. Spray a 13 x 9-inch baking pan with vegetable cooking spray. Stir the flour, salt and baking soda in a medium bowl. Beat the brown sugar, shortening, milk and vanilla extract in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until the mixture is creamy. Beat in the eggs.
Reduce the speed to low. Add the flour mixture and beat just until combined. Stir in the chocolate pieces and pecans, if desired. Spread the dough in the baking pan.
Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool in the pan on a wire rack. Cut into 36 (1 1/2 x 2-inch) bars.

Step 1

Heat the oven to 350ºF. Spray a 13 x 9-inch baking pan with vegetable cooking spray. Stir the flour, salt and baking soda in a medium bowl.

Step 2

Beat the brown sugar, shortening, milk and vanilla extract in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until the mixture is creamy. Beat in the eggs.

Step 3

Reduce the speed to low. Add the flour mixture and beat just until combined. Stir in the chocolate pieces and pecans, if desired. Spread the dough in the baking pan.

Step 4

Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool in the pan on a wire rack. Cut into 36 (1 1/2 x 2-inch) bars.

Recipe Tips

Ingredient Note: If you choose not to add the pecans, increase the chocolate pieces to 1 1/2 cups.

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Ratings & Reviews

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Ebonyphoto

January 26, 2015

Easy to make

I thought this recipe would be good because it had 2 of the ingredients I love in desserts - chocolate and nuts. It did not rise as much as I thought it would, but it was still good. My husband is not much of a fan of pecans though; I may leave them out next time I fix this or try a different kind of nut.

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Cheryl R.

September 6, 2011

Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

So great! I substituted margarine for the Crisco and they still came out great! I was a little nervous because once spread in the pan it seems thin- but they rise up well!

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Ruth H.

September 21, 2008

Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

Very good recipe! My family loved it! My son kept taking a taste before I even baked it!!

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lmueller

July 1, 2006

Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

This recipe was so much easier than making individual cookies. They came out beautifully. They were delicious and very soft!

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Made with

calories

138
calories-fat

73
fat-total

8.1g
saturated-fat

2.2g
transfat

0.6g
sugars

10.37g
vitamin-a

5
vitamin-c

0mg
calcium

13mg
iron

0.61mg
potassium

52mg
cholesterol

10mg
sodium

99mg
carbohydrate-total

15.8g
dietary-fiber

0.7g
protein

1.5g
fat-total-dv

10%DV
sat-fat-dv

11%DV
vitamin-a-dv

1%DV
vitamin-c-dv

0%DV
calcium-dv

1%DV
iron-dv

3%DV
cholesterol-dv

3%DV
carbohydrate-total-dv

6%DV
potassium-dv

1%DV
fiber-dv

2%DV
added-sugars

0g
vitamin-d

0.1mg
vitamin-e

0.33mg
vitamin-k

2.6mg
thiamine

0.068mg
riboflavin

13.489mg
niacin

0.404mg
vitamin-b6

0.017mg
folate

14mg
vitamin-b12

0.03mg
biotin

0mg
pantothenic-acid

0.135mg
phosphorus

27mg
iodine

0mg
magnesium

12mg
zinc

0.26mg
selenium

3.3mg
copper

0.048mg
manganese

0.172mg
chromium

0mg
molybdenum

0mg
chloride

0mg
choline

0mg
sodium-dv

99mg
added-sugars-dv

0%DV
vitamin-d-dv

1%DV
vitamin-e-dv

2%DV
vitamin-k-dv

2%DV
thiamin-dv

6%DV
riboflavin-dv

4%DV
niacin-dv

3%DV
vitamin-b6-dv

1%DV
folate-dv

4%DV
vitamin-b12-dv

1%DV
biotin-dv

0%DV
pantothenic-acid-dv

3%DV
phosphorus-dv

2%DV
iodine-dv

0%DV
magnesium-dv

3%DV
zinc-dv

2%DV
selenium-dv

6%DV
copper-dv

5%DV
manganese-dv

7%DV
chromium-dv

0%DV
molybdenum-dv

0%DV
chloride-dv

0%DV
choline-dv

0%DV

This nutritional information refers to each serving of the entire recipe and not just the products used as ingredients.