How to Make Christmas Cookie Bars
These Christmas Cookie Bars are everything you love about holiday cookies — soft, sweet, and packed with festive flavor — but baked into easy, shareable bars. These are great for those holiday trays, make great homemade gifts and are so easy to make!
Looking for another delicious festive dessert? Try out our Christmas Tree Cake Truffles
Ingredients Needed:
- Unsalted butter, softened
- Brown sugar
- Eggs
- Vanilla extract
- Salt
- Baking powder
- All-purpose flour
- Christmas M&Ms
- Christmas jimmies sprinkles
This recipe is nut-free but you could add additional mix-ins such as salted peanuts, pretzel pieces, chocolate chips or anything you want to make these a fully loaded Christmas dessert bar.
Christmas Cookie Bars
PREP TIME: 15 minutes
COOK TIME: 25 minutes
TOTAL TIME: 40 minutes
How to make Christmas Cookie Bars stuffed with M&M's
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup Christmas M&Ms
- 1/4 cup Christmas jimmies sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a 9×13-inch metal baking pan with parchment paper, leaving a little overhang for easy removal.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat the softened butter and brown sugar together until smooth and well combined.
- Mix in the eggs and vanilla extract until the mixture is creamy and fully blended.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, and baking powder.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture, mixing just until combined. Do not overmix.
- Gently fold in the Christmas M&M’s and sprinkles.
- Press the dough evenly into the prepared pan. Bake for 22–25 minutes, or until the edges are set and the center is just baked through.
- Allow the cookie bars to cool completely before cutting into squares.
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