Chewy Chocolate Chunk Cookie Bars
Simple chewy chocolate chip cookie bars are the perfect treat. These bars are the VERY BEST you will ever make. Aldi ingredients and only 30 minutes are all you need for these dense, rich cookie bars
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Servings: 16 bars
Ingredients
- 225 g (8 oz) butter, softened* see notes
- 165 g (5 ⅚ oz) dark brown sugar
- 50 g (1 ¾ oz) caster sugar
- 2 (2) large eggs
- 280 g (2 ⅛ cups) plain flour
- ¾ teaspoon (¾ teaspoon) bicarb of soda
- 100 g (3 ½ oz) milk chocolate chips
- 50 g (1 ¾ oz) dark chocolate chunks
- 50 g (1 ¾ oz) milk chocolate chunks
Instructions
- Before you start
- Preheat to oven to 160ºc. Line a 9x9 inch square metal baking tin with non-stick baking paper. Chop your chocolate into chunks.
Creaming the butter and sugars
- Weigh the sugars into a large mixing bowl and add in the butter.
- Using an electric hand whisk, mix the sugars and the butter until the mixture is very light and fluffy. Add in the eggs one at a time mixing after each addition.
- Adding the flour
- Mix the flour and bicarb of soda together and add that to the sugar and egg mixture. With your hand whisk setting on low, slowly start to mix the flour in.
- Once the flour is just combined, switch to a wooden spoon or spatula and mix in the chocolate chips and chunks. *See notes
- Baking the cookie bars
- Bake for about 20 -25 minutes, until the edges and top are golden brown and the tray is just set. The cookies will firm up a little as they cool, so no need to worry about them being too soft.
- Sprinkle with sea salt
Notes
- You can also use an 8x8 pan here. Just give the cookie bars a little extra time in the oven.
- If your butter is fridge cold, then a few seconds in the microwave should soften it perfectly. You want it soft, not melted. Like with any baking recipe, you'll need to start with your butter at room temperature so that it mixes in with the sugars and gets light and fluffy.
- Reserve some of the chocolate chunks for scattering over the cookie bars so you have lovely pools of melted chocolate on top.
- To speed up the cooling process in order to slice these bars quickly, you can place them in the freezer for about 20 minutes.
Nutrition
Calories: 182kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 23mg | Sodium: 80mg | Potassium: 90mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 54IU | Calcium: 33mg | Iron: 1mg
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