Frosted Chocolate Nut Cookie Bars
Frosted Chocolate Nut Cookie Bars requires around 1 hour and 22 minutes from start to finish. One serving contains 360 calories, 4g of protein, and 16g of fat. This recipe serves 25 and costs 65 cents per serving. Plenty of people really liked this dessert. 125 people were impressed by this recipe. If you have kosher salt, unsalted butter, nutmeg, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is brought to you by Shugary Sweets. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 19%. This score is not so tremendous. Similar recipes include Chocolate Frosted Sugar Cookie Bars, White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookie Bars, and Lemon, White Chocolate and Macadamia Nut Cookie Bars.
Servings: 25
Preparation duration: 60 minutes
Cooking duration: 22 minutes
Ingredients:
2 cup all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp almond extract
1/2 cup Fisher sliced almonds
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup dark chocolate unsweetened cocoa powder
1/3 cup dark chocolate baking cocoa powder
4 oz white chocolate bar, melted
2 large eggs
1 tsp kosher salt
1 3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
2-4 Tbsp milk
2 cup milk chocolate chips
1/4 tsp nutmeg
3 cup powdered sugar
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup Fisher chopped walnuts
Equipment:
baking paper
baking sheet
mixing bowl
oven
frying pan
cookie cutter
Cooking instruction summary:
For the cookie bars, preheat oven to 375 degree F. Line a 15x10x1-inch baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.In a large mixing bowl, beat butter with brown sugar for 2-3 minutes until fully combined. Beat in vanilla and eggs. Add flour, cocoa, salt, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg. Blend completely. Fold in chocolate chips and nuts.Drop cookie dough onto parchment paper lined baking sheet. Using finger tips (dipped in flour) press cookie dough into pan evenly (dough will be sticky, so keep dipping those fingers in flour).Bake for 22-25 minutes. Do not overbake. Allow to cool completely in pan.Once cooled, cut cookie bars into desired shape, either squares or using a cookie cutter.For the frosting, beat butter for two minutes until soft and creamy. Add almond extract, cocoa, powdered sugar and 2 Tbsp milk. Beat for 3-4 minutes until light and fluffy, adding more milk if needed.Pipe frosting onto cookies. If desired, sprinkle with extra sliced almonds. Or, if making footballs, place melted white chocolate into a ziploc bag. Snip off the corner and pipe "laces" onto the cookies. ENJOY
Step by step:
1. For the cookie bars, preheat oven to 375 degree F. Line a 15x10x1-inch baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.In a large mixing bowl, beat butter with brown sugar for 2-3 minutes until fully combined. Beat in vanilla and eggs.
2. Add flour, cocoa, salt, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg. Blend completely. Fold in chocolate chips and nuts.Drop cookie dough onto parchment paper lined baking sheet. Using finger tips (dipped in flour) press cookie dough into pan evenly (dough will be sticky, so keep dipping those fingers in flour).
3. Bake for 22-25 minutes. Do not overbake. Allow to cool completely in pan.Once cooled, cut cookie bars into desired shape, either squares or using a cookie cutter.For the frosting, beat butter for two minutes until soft and creamy.
4. Add almond extract, cocoa, powdered sugar and 2 Tbsp milk. Beat for 3-4 minutes until light and fluffy, adding more milk if needed.Pipe frosting onto cookies. If desired, sprinkle with extra sliced almonds. Or, if making footballs, place melted white chocolate into a ziploc bag. Snip off the corner and pipe "laces" onto the cookies. ENJOY
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