Vanilla Bean Bars

By frozenmoments

Ingredients

• BARS:
• 1/2 cup butter
• 10 ounce bag white vanilla baking chips (1 2/3 cups)
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 3 large eggs
• ICING:
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 2 to 3 Tbs butter, softened
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 to 2 Tbs warm water or milk
• chocolate chips + crisco for drizzle, optional (see TIPS below)

Details

Servings 25
Cooking time 30mins
Adapted from p

Preparation

Step 1

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 11×7-inch pan (if you use a 9×9, you’ll need to bake longer).

2. In a 2-quart saucepan, heat butter and baking chips over low heat, stirring frequently, just until melted and smooth (the mixture may appear curdled). Remove from heat; cool.

3. Stir in remaining bar ingredients until well blended. Spread evenly in pan.

4. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely.

5. Run a knife around the edge of the pan. The whole thing should pop out of the pan pretty easily- pop onto a cutting board and carefully turn upright.

6. Prepare icing: In a medium bowl, mix all glaze ingredients until smooth and spreadable. Spread icing over bars. Let cool. Drizzle chocolate patterns on top if you’d like. Let cool completely before cutting. They’ll cut into neater squares if the bars have been chilled for a while.