Cookie Dough Bars

My cousin Clarissa had made these one year for her little boy’s birthday party and they were so good.  I made them last week to take to work and they were all gone by the end of night.  The recipe is from Taste of Home’s Dessert Lovers Cookbook but I’ll share it with you because a good bar recipe shouldn’t be kept secret.

Cookie Dough Fudge Brownies

Brownie Layer: 

• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 3/4 cup chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 350. 

Melt chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl. Cool slightly.  In another bowl, cream butter and sugar with an electric mixer.  Add eggs and vanilla and mix well.  Stir in melted chocolate.  Combine flour and baking soda then add to batter.  Stir in walnuts.

Spread the batter into a greased 9×13 inch pan and bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until a knife or toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.  Let cool.

Cookie Dough Layer:

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 3 tbls milk
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup chocolate chips

Cream together butter and both sugars.  Mix in vanilla and milk.  Gradually add in flour then stir in chocolate chips.  Drop spoonfuls of dough onto cooled brownie layer then spread evenly.  Cut into squares and eat.

These need to be stored in the refrigerator.  You might want to explain to your husband that the dough stays soft on the top and does not become a brownie/cookie super duo, so when you offer him a bite of the finished product he doesn’t look at it and ask “Are you sure you cooked it long enough?  it’s still doughy.”

Enjoy!