Brown Butter Cookie bars

Sometimes you want a cookie without the fuss of softening the butter,

or chilling the dough. Sometimes you just want your cookies in bar form, and just your luck my cookie bars can be your perfect go to recipe. 

These bars have a beautiful crackly, shiny top that you usually find on brownies, but trust me when I say they taste just as delicious. The secret to getting this signature shiny top is dissolving the sugar into cool, melted butter, but I wanted to take it a step further, and add another layer of depth to these cookie bars by browning the butter. 

You can never go wrong with brown butter in a dessert, and it always pairs nicely with a bit of chocolate.

For these bars I used semi sweet chocolate chips, but feel free to add in any chocolate you want or any other mix in! 

Baker’s note: Aren’t these just blondies?

Sure! Brownies get their rich deep flavor from using cocoa powder and chocolate, whereas Blondies, or Blonde Brownies, achieves this through vanilla and brown sugar (instead of cocoa powder and chocolate) which is used in this recipe! 

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Brown Butter Cookie bars

Yield: 16 bars

Author: Alicia Maxey

Prep time: 5 MinCook time: 30 MinInactive time: 20 MinTotal time: 55 Min

Cookies bars or Blondies, call them what you want because they are delicious. These brown butter cookie bars are a decadent and rich dessert that come together in about 30 minutes!

Ingredients

• 1 cup (120g) all-purpose flour
• ½ tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp kosher salt
• 1 large egg, plus 1 egg yolk
• ¾ cups (150g) brown sugar
• ½ cup (113g) unsalted butter, browned and cooled
• 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
• 1 ½ cup (255g) semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F, and place the rack in the middle of the oven.
2. Prepare an 8x8 pan by greasing with butter and laying down parchment paper.
3. In a medium bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
4. In another medium bowl whisk together browned butter and sugar until fully combined.
5. Whisk in the egg, plus the additional egg yolk and vanilla.
6. Fold in dry ingredients until fully combined.
7. Fold chocolate chips until fully incorporated
8. Evenly smooth the batter into the prepared baking dish.
9. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until or until a cake tester or toothpick comes out with no batter. A little bit of crumbs is okay.
10. Let rest for 20 minutes before transferring to a cooling before transferring to a wire rack to completely cool.
11. Cut into desired pieces.

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Bars should be left at room temperature for three days or refrigerated for up to a week.