Cookie Butter Bars
Chewy bars made with cookie butter spread, brown sugar and chocolate chips, baked in a tin.
This is what to bake in the first cold week, when the oven is welcome and the kitchen could do with the smell of cinnamon. Cookie butter is a spread made from spiced biscuits, and it brings its flavour with it.
Melt the butter and mix it with the cookie butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg and vanilla, then fold in the flour, baking powder and salt, and the chocolate chips. The batter is thick, and should be pressed into the tin rather than poured. Do not bake until firm. The bars set as they cool, and an overbaked one is dry and crumbly.
Bake at 175°C / 345°F for 25 minutes, until the edges are set and the middle is still slightly soft. If your oven runs hot, check at 22 minutes.
Warm a spoonful of cookie butter and drizzle it over the top once the bars have cooled. Cut into sixteen.
What People Ask
How long does Cookie Butter Bars take to make?
15 minutes of preparation and 25 minutes of cooking, so at least 40 minutes. The method also needs time for cooling completely, which it does not time, so treat that as a minimum. The recipe serves 16.
How to Make Cookie Butter Bars
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Heat the oven to 175°C / 345°F and line a 20 cm square tin. Stir the butter, the 250 g of cookie butter and the sugar until smooth.
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Beat in the egg and vanilla, then fold in the flour, baking powder, salt and chocolate chips.
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Press into the tin and bake for 25 minutes until the edges are set and the middle is still soft.
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Cool completely. Warm the 40 g of cookie butter, drizzle over the top and cut into sixteen.
A Few Pointers
- Press the batter into the tin.
- Underbake slightly.
- If your oven runs hot, check at 22 minutes.
- Cool before cutting.
What to Serve With It
Coffee · Tea · Vanilla ice cream · Cold milk
Leftovers and Storage
Keeps in an airtight tin for 4 days.
Nutrition per Serving
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