Happy February, here’s a sweet treat to start the month off right! It’s chocolatey, crunchy, and a childhood favorite in a new way.
Tollhouse cookies are a family tradition. We’ve been making them for dozens of years I think! My mom and sister have memorized the recipe, and no one can turn down a delicious cookie. I personally think the dough is the best part and even used to save some in the fridge when I was a kid.
I adapted the recipe into cookie bars to try something different, and they take less time in the kitchen since you spread all the dough out to cook at once.
I also had some peanut butter chocolate chips that my mom brought us for nibbling. I crushed them all up and used them in the recipe with regular chocolate chips to try something different. It didn’t taste as much of peanut butter as I thought, but they were just as good as regular chocolate chips.
Tollhouse Cookie Bars
Ingredients:
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter or margarine, softened (2 sticks)
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate morsels (I used half peanut butter chocolate chips)
- 1 cup chopped pecans
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Combine flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl.
- Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Gradually beat in flour mixture.
- Stir in morsels and nuts.
- In a rectangular pan (I used a 9 x 12), spray with cooking spray and spread dough evenly.
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool in pan on wire rack, cut into squares.
A delicious variation on the traditional cookie, and just as good! I hope you try these out this month!
| Tollhouse Cookie Bars |
- Tollhouse Cookie Bars
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter or margarine, softened (2 sticks)
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate morsels (I used half peanut butter chocolate chips)
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Combine flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl.
- Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Gradually beat in flour mixture.
- Stir in morsels and nuts.
- In a rectangular pan (I used a 9 x 12), spray with cooking spray and spread dough evenly.
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool in pan on wire rack, cut into squares.
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