The Chocolate Blonde Cookie Bar

Makes: 12-24 pieces Prep time: 30 min Cook Time: 1 hour

Total Time: 1 hour 30 mins

Ingredients

Chocolate Cookie

1 cup salted butter softened

1/2 cup sugar

1 1/2 cups demerara sugar

2 large eggs

1 tbsp bourbon vanilla

2.5 cups flour

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1/4 of dan-d pak dark chocolate cocoa powder

1/2 cup dark chocolate chips

Blondie

1 cup unsalted butter softened

2 cups flour

1tsp baking powder

1 cup demerara brown sugar

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 tsp salt

1 tbsp vanilla

2 eggs

1 cup white Belgium chocolate chips

Directions

Preheat oven to 350. First, in a stand mixer, make the cookie dough. Cream the butter, sugars, eggs, cocoa powder, and vanilla in a stand mixer. Next, add the flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Once thoroughly mixed, add in the chocolate chips. Press the dough evenly into the pan in a greased (with butter) 12x7 pan. Next, make the blondie dough. Cream the sugars, eggs, salt, vanilla, and butter in a stand mixer. Next, add the flour and baking powder. Once combined, add the white chocolate chips and then spread the mixture over the top of the cookie dough. Bake for 1 hour. Flip the pan upside down on a cooling rack. Cut into 12 or 24 pieces. Eat on their own or with ice cream!

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Recipe property of Haley Crofton-Sleigh