Christmas Cookie Bars
Christmas is the season for baking, and what better way to spread holiday cheer than with these delightful Christmas Cookie Bars? Packed with festive red and green M&M's, mini chocolate chips, and a touch of white chocolate, these cookie bars are the perfect addition to any holiday dessert platter.
Ingredients
- 2 sticks salted butter at room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup golden brown sugar firmly packed
- 3 large eggs at room temperature
- 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups Christmas M&M's plus more for topping
- 1 cup mini chocolate chips plus more for topping
- 1/2 cup white chocolate chips for topping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Line a 9x13 aluminum pan with parchment paper.
- Spray parchment paper generously with nonstick cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, beat butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar together until fluffy.
- Add in eggs and vanilla extract and continue to beat.
- Lower speed of the hand mixer and add flour, baking soda and salt and mix until combined.
- Add M&M's and mini chocolate chips and give a final stir, reserving some M&M's, mini chocolate chips and white chocolate chips for topping cookie bars.
- Transfer cookie dough to prepared baking dish.
- Press additional M&M'S, mini chocolate chips and white chocolate chips into top of cookie dough.
- Bake 35 minutes on middle rack of oven, or until cookie bars are light golden brown and just set. Do not over bake. Cookie bars will continue to bake as they cool.
- Let cool completely and cut. Store tightly covered.