Description
Gooey lazy chocolate chip cookie bars emerge as a quick dessert solution for busy bakers. Chocolate-studded squares deliver maximum flavor with minimal effort, letting home cooks enjoy sweet success without complicated techniques.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ¼ cups (155 g) all-purpose flour
- 1 cup (200 g) brown sugar, packed
- 1 cup (175 g) chocolate chips or chunks
- ½ cup (115 g) unsalted butter, melted
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
Instructions
- Preheating: Set oven to 175C (350F) and line an 8×8-inch pan with parchment paper, allowing overhang for easy removal.
- Mixing Wet Ingredients: Whisk melted butter with brown sugar until smooth, then blend in egg and vanilla extract to create a uniform mixture.
- Combining Dry Ingredients: Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together, then fold gently into wet ingredients without overmixing the batter.
- Chocolate Integration: Incorporate chocolate chips throughout the dough, ensuring even distribution and sprinkling extra chips on top for enhanced texture.
- Baking Process: Spread dough evenly in prepared pan and bake for 20-25 minutes, watching for golden-brown edges and a slightly soft center.
- Cooling and Serving: Let bars rest in pan for 15 minutes to set, then lift out using parchment paper and slice into squares. Serve warm or at room temperature for maximum enjoyment.
Notes
- Control Butter Temperature: Ensure melted butter is slightly cooled before mixing to prevent scrambling eggs and maintain proper dough consistency.
- Prevent Overmixing: Stir dry and wet ingredients minimally to keep bars tender and avoid developing tough, dense texture during baking.
- Chocolate Chip Distribution: Gently fold chips into batter and reserve some for topping to create visually appealing and evenly studded cookie bars.
- Checking Doneness Precisely: Watch edges for golden-brown color and center for slight softness; avoid overbaking to maintain moist, chewy texture.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 200
- Sugar: 16 g
- Sodium: 80 mg
- Fat: 9 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 29 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 20 mg