Chocolate Peppermint Bar Cookies
"A great addition to the holiday cookie tray. Makes 32. From Gourmet magazine-December 2006. These will be thinner than brownies."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (26.3 g)
- Calories 83.9
- Total Fat - 4.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 2.9 g
- Cholesterol - 14.1 mg
- Sodium - 89.5 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 10.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1 g
- Sugars - 7.9 g
- Protein - 1.1 g
- Calcium - 8.2 mg
- Iron - 0.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.7 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 375F. Place rack in middle position of oven.
Step 2
Line a 13-9 inch metal baking pan with 1 sheet of foil, allowing 2 inches of foil to hang over each end of pan. Butter foil, except for overhang.
Step 3
Whisk together flour, cocoa, soda and salt in a small bowl.
Step 4
Beat together butter and brown sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at high speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
Step 5
Beat in egg until combined.
Step 6
Reduce speed to low and mix in flour mixture until just combined.
Step 7
Stir in chocolate chips and peppermint candy pieces.
Step 8
Spread dough evenly in pan and bake until puffed and beginning to pull away from sides of pan, about 20 minutes.
Step 9
Cool completely in pan, then, lifting with foil, transfer to a cutting board.
Step 10
Cut into bars and lift off foil with spatula.
Tips
No special items needed.