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These cookie bars are a crowd pleaser! The m&m’s on top give them a festive touch, in fact, you could switch up the colors to match whatever holiday you are celebrating!
Christmas Cookie Bars
For the crust:
- 3 cups flour
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 cup butter
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp almond extract
For chocolate filling:
- 2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 2/3 cup milk
- 1 cup slivered almond or chopped walnuts
- 1 cup red and green mini M&M’s
Grease 9×13 pan with shortening or use non-stick cooking spray. Set aside
Mix together flour, sugar, and baking powder and set aside. Cut butter into small pieces. With mixer beat on low speed blend butter, eggs and almond extract. Mix together, until just combined do not over mix. Add 2/3 of flour mixture and gently press down the mixture into bottom of prepared 9×13 pan. You will be saving 1/3 for the top of the cookie bars.
For Filling, add cream cheese, chocolate chips, and milk in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave for 30 seconds, stir and continue to microwave in 30 second intervals until completely mixed. Add nuts and pour chocolate filling over prepared crust.
Sprinkle remaining 1/3 crust mixture evenly over the top. Sprinkle M&M on the top and gently press down into crumb mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes, let cool and cut into small squares. Store in Refrigerator. Enjoy!
Christmas Cookie Bars
Description
These Christmas Cookie Bars are sure to be a crowd pleaser!
Ingredients
For the crust:
- 3 cups flour
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 cup butter
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp almond extract
For chocolate filling:
- 2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 2/3 cup milk
- 1 cup slivered almond or chopped walnuts
- 1 cup red and green mini M&M’s
Instructions
- Grease 9×13 pan with shortening or use non-stick cooking spray (set aside)
- Mix together flour, sugar, and baking powder, set aside
- Cut butter into small pieces
- With mixer beat on low speed blend butter, eggs and almond extract
- Mix together, until just combined do not over mix
- Add 2/3 of flour mixture and gently press down the mixture into bottom of prepared 9×13 pan
For Filling
- Add cream cheese, chocolate chips, and milk in a microwave safe bowl
- Microwave for 30 seconds, stir and continue to microwave in 30 second intervals until completely mixed
- Add nuts and pour chocolate filling over prepared crust
- Sprinkle remaining crust mixture evenly over the top
- Sprinkle M&M on the top and gently press down into crumb mixture
- Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes, let cool and cut into small squares
Notes
Store in Refrigerator.
You need to reword your recipe. By the time I realized your mistake it was too late and I ruined an entire pan of bars. *Mix ALL of the flour mix into the butter/egg/extract mix Use 2/3 of that mixture for the bottom and reserve 1/3 for the top. The way it’s worded now makes it sound like we’re only supposed to use 2/3 of the flour mix with the butter/egg/extract mix. Then we’re left with just the flour mix for the top.
I am so sorry!! I will check with the recipe creator for clarification and make any necessary changes. Thanks so much for letting us know.