Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

I made these amazing Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars that have easily climbed to my list of the best Christmas cookies. They’re soft, chewy, ridiculously easy to make, and they’re soooo chocolatey.

The best part is, you can whip this quick gluten-free cookie bar recipe together, put it in the oven, then come back and it’s done. There’s no mess, no fuss, and a great Christmas cookie everyone will love.

What Do You Need to Make Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars?

• ¾ cup unsalted butter, melted
• 1 ½ cup brown sugar, lightly packed
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups gluten free baking flour
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• ½ cup red and green chocolate candies

How To Make Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and line a 9×13 baking dish with parchment paper.

Cream together the melted butter and brown sugar.

Mix in the eggs and vanilla extract.In a second bowl, whisk together gluten free baking flour, salt, and baking soda.

Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Stir until just combined.

Fold in the chocolate chips.

Spread batter evenly in the bottom of the parchment-paper covered pan.

Sprinkle red and green chocolate candies over the top of the batter.

Bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until the edges are golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

Allow to cool in the pan for at least two hours, then remove from pan by pulling the edges of the parchment paper out of the pan.

Cut into squares before serving.

What are Chocolate chip Cookie Bars vs. Cookies?

Cookie bars are a thicker, richer cookie dough, almost like a cross between a cookie and a brownie. So, while you COULD scoop this dough out into balls and make cookies from it, the dough would spread and be thinner. Because we’re putting the dough in a pan in a single layer, though, it’ll hold it’s shape and be that nice, gooey thick bar like a brownie. Yum!

HOW LONG DO GLUTEN FREE Chocolate Chip COOKIE barS LAST?

Well, basically, I don’t expect our cookie bars to last long–because we eat them all pretty fast. But, if you were to store you gluten-free cookie bars in an airtight container, they will last 3-5 days. Be sure to store them in the airtight container in a single layer, though, because if you don’t, the cookie bars will dry out and be hard–or if they’re stacked, you might find mush. Which is no good. So stick with an airtight container and a single layer.

I wouldn’t put them in the fridge, because the chocolate candies on top sometimes get this weird film on them when they’re chilled. So, I wouldn’t.

CAN Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip COOKIE BarS BE FROZEN?

No, I wouldn’t freeze these gluten free cookie bars. The chocolate in them will get that weird film. Now, if you wanted to freeze the dough, then bake, that would work because that will get rid of the weird film. So if you want to, make the dough, freeze and then bake when you’re ready to eat them!

WHAT TO DO WHEN Chocolate Chip COOKIE BarS ARE FLAT?

Oh, your cookie bars came out flat? That’s too bad. Good news, though? I have a handful of tips to troubleshoot flat cookies bars:

• The oven was too hot. If you didn’t set the oven to a higher temperature than the recipe called for, your oven might need to be calibrated.
• The oven was cold. Yeah, if your oven wasn’t fully preheated or never reached the required temperature, the cookies might not have risen. So, again, if you didn’t pop your cookies in the oven too early, then you might need to calibrate it.
• You used really old baking soda. Did you know baking soda can go “flat”? Yeah, it totally can! So, be sure your baking soda is no more than 6-months old and has been stored in an airtight container.

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Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

Yield: 12

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 35 minutes

Total Time: 45 minutes

I made these amazing Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars that have easily climbed to my list of the best Christmas cookies. They're soft, chewy, ridiculously easy to make, and they're soooo chocolatey.

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Ingredients

• ¾ cup unsalted butter, melted
• 1 ½ cup brown sugar, lightly packed
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups gluten free baking flour
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• ½ cup red and green chocolate candies

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and line a 9x13 baking dish with parchment paper.
2. Cream together the melted butter and brown sugar.
3. Mix in the eggs and vanilla extract.
4. In a second bowl, whisk together gluten free baking flour, salt, and baking soda.
5. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Stir until just combined.
6. Fold in the chocolate chips.
7. Spread batter evenly in the bottom of the parchment-paper covered pan.
8. Sprinkle red and green chocolate candies over the top of the batter
9. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until the edges are golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
10. Allow to cool in the pan for at least two hours, then remove from pan by pulling the edges of the parchment paper out of the pan.
11. Cut into squares before serving.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 493Total Fat: 25gSaturated Fat: 15gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 9gCholesterol: 65mgSodium: 228mgCarbohydrates: 65gFiber: 3gSugar: 45gProtein: 6g