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Six kinds of holiday cookies baked into one cookie sheet sitting on a white counter top.

Holiday Cookie Bars

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  • Author: The BakerMama
  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 40 minutes
  • Yield: 54 small cookie bars

Description

One batch of cookie dough baked into 6 different holiday cookie flavors! These Holiday Cookie Bars bake up in the same sheet pan for the most delicious cookie bars that will make everyone feel jolly this Christmas season!

Ingredients

Cookie Dough Ingredients:

  • 1 and 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup light brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

 

Mix-In Ingredients:

  • Chocolate Chip + M&M’s
    • 1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate baking chips
    • 1/4 cup red and green M&M’s
  • Caramel Pecan Chocolate Chunk with Sea Salt
    • 1/4 cup caramel bits
    • 1/4 cup chopped pecans
    • 1/4 cup dark chocolate chunks
    • 1/2 teaspoon flaky sea salt (to sprinkle on cookies after baking)
  • Snickerdoodle
    • 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
    • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • Sprinkles
    • 1/3 cup red and green sprinkles
  • Cranberry White Chocolate Macadamia Nut
    • 1/4 cup dried cranberries
    • 1/4 cup chopped macadamia nuts
    • 1/4 cup white chocolate chips
  • Peanut Butter Kiss
    • 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
    • 9 Hershey’s Kisses milk chocolate candy (to top cookies after baking)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a 13″ x 18″ sheet pan with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
  2. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugars until well combined. Beat in the eggs and vanilla.
  3. With the mixer on low speed, beat in the flour, baking soda and salt until combined.
  4. Add 3/4 cup of cookie dough to 6 different bowls. Place the ingredients for each flavor in each of the bowls with the dough and stir to combine well. (NOTE: For the Peanut Butter Kiss cookies, save the Hershey’s Kisses to top that section with after baking. For the Caramel Pecan Chocolate Chunk, save the flaky sea salt to sprinkle on that section until after baking. For the Snickerdoodle, save some of the cinnamon sugar mixture to sprinkle on the dough after you’ve pressed it into the pan.)
  5. Place each ball of mixed cookie dough into a sixth of the prepared sheet pan.
  6. Press the cookie doughs down evenly, with your hands, to fill the sixth of the sheet pan that each cookie dough is in. Each cookie dough should be pressed up next to the other cookie doughs that are beside it to fill the entire sheet pan.
  7. Garnish each square of cookie dough with additional toppings for that dough, if desired.
  8. Bake for about 15-20 minutes or until golden brown on top and a toothpick inserted in the center of the cookie bars comes out clean. Try not to over-bake them if you want them to be chewy.
  9. Once the cookie bars are baked, immediately press the Hershey’s Kisses into the peanut butter square and then sprinkle the Caramel Pecan Chocolate Chunk section with sea salt.
  10. Let the cookie bars cool in the pan for at least 10 minutes before cutting into squares.

Find it online: https://thebakermama.com/recipes/holiday-cookie-bars/