Name: Easy Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 16 bars
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 0.5 cup salted butter*; 0.5 cup granulated white sugar; 0.5 cup brown sugar*; 1 egg; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1.25 cups all-purpose flour; 0.5 tsp baking powder; 0.25 tsp salt; 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

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Easy Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

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Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350℉. Grease a 9X9-inch baking pan with non-stick cooking spray or butter or line with parchment paper.

In a large bowl, combine the melted butter, sugar, brown sugar, egg, and vanilla. Stir until fully incorporated. Add the flour, baking powder, and salt and stir just until no streaks of flour remain. Fold in the chocolate chips.

Spread the batter into the prepared baking pan, spreading it well into the corners of the pan and smoothing the top. Bake in the preheated oven for 15-20 minutes or until slightly golden. Let cool slightly before serving. Enjoy!

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Tips & Tricks (5)

Brown Your Butter First 🧈
Melt the butter and let it brown for 2-3 minutes before mixing to develop a rich, nutty flavor that elevates the entire bar's taste profile.
Don't Overmix the Dough 🥣
Stir ingredients just until combined after adding flour and baking powder to avoid overdeveloping gluten, which keeps the bars impossibly soft and chewy.
Chill Chocolate Chips Beforehand ❄️
Freeze your chocolate chips for 15 minutes before folding them in so they melt slowly during baking, creating pockets of melty chocolate rather than spreading throughout.
Underbake by One Minute ⏱️
Remove the bars when the edges are golden but the center still looks slightly underdone—they'll continue cooking as they cool and achieve that signature chewy texture.
Use Both Sugars for Texture 🍯
The combination of brown sugar (moisture and chewiness) and granulated sugar (structure and crispness) creates the perfect textural balance—don't substitute one for the other.