Monster Cookie Bars

By srumbel

Whoever decided to take their cookie dough, press it in a pan, bake it, and call it a cookie bar was smart. Now when you want a cookie, but you don’t want to deal with shaping them, doing multiple batches, etc., you can just stick the dough in a pan, bake it, and 10-15 minutes later have your cookie craving satisfied! Which is good when monster cookie bars are involved! When it comes to making monster cookies, it’s not that I don’t have the patience to wait for shaping, baking, etc., it’s that the longer the dough sits in front of me, the more I eat (what is it about peanut butter and oats that is so good?)! Though I suppose that’s not always a bad thing. . . You have probably noticed that monster cookies are a favorite around here. We have monster cookies, monster cookie pie, monster cookie granola bites, etc. It’s about time that I shared this easy recipe for monster cookie bars!
from a-kitchen-addiction.com

Ingredients

• 1/4 C butter, softened
• 3/4 C no-stir natural peanut butter
• 1/2 C brown sugar
• 1/4 C sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3/4 C all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 C quick oats
• 1/2 C mini M&M's
• 1/2 C chocolate chips (I used a mixture of milk and semi-sweet)
• 1/4 C peanut butter chips

Details

Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 30mins

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350. Lightly spray a 9x9 inch baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
In the bowl of a stand mixture, beat together butter and peanut butter until smooth. Add in sugars and beat until well-combined. Add in egg and vanilla extract and beat until smooth.
In a small bowl, whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda. Slowly add flour mixture to wet ingredients and beat until combined. Stir in oats.
Add in M&M's, chocolate chips, and peanut butter chips. Stir until just combined.
Press dough into the bottom of prepared baking dish.
Baked for 12-15 minutes or until edges start to turn golden brown and center is set.
Allow to cool for 15-20 minutes and then cut into bars.

Serves: 16