An easy tried and true recipe for a bar or pan cookie. You can choose the type of chip you want to use to change up the flavor – try cinnamon, semisweet or dark chocolate or even butterscotch, a family favorite!
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- 3/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup brown sugar packed
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 large egg
- 3/4 cup chips semisweet, dark, butterscotch, cinnamon, etc
Ingredients
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- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line an 8 inch square metal pan with non-stick foil.
- Thoroughly stir together flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- In a microwave-safe bowl, melt butter on high for 1 minute. Add brown sugar and stir well. Stir in the egg and vanilla and beat 15 strokes with a mixing spoon.
- Add flour mixture to sugar mixture and stir just until mixed. Mixture will still be very warm so let it cool for 5 minutes. Stir in chips.
- Bake for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean and bars appear set (edges will be brown).
- Let cool for about 20 minutes. Lift from pan and slice into 16 bars
Stacy's Notes - I use everything as listed (except I don't have non-stick foil, just sprayed regular foil). I've used butterscotch, cinnamon, dark chocolate or regular semi-sweet chips. In my oven, these baked for 20 minutes at 350 degrees, then I turned the oven off and put them back in for the last 5 minutes. I did check with a toothpick at the end to make sure they were done. These bar cookies are pretty flat, but have a really good butterscotch-y flavor. They're a good size for us, 16 small squares in the 8" square pan. If I take these to a get-together, I just double the ingredients and bake in a 9x13 pan.