Chocolate Chip Bars

Ever get tired of the ol’ chocolate chip cookie recipe? But don't really have any ingredients to make anything else more exciting? Try the new thick and chewy chocolate chip bars. They are almost like eating a chocolate chip cookie, but in brownie form!! Doesn't sound good enough yet? Mix in some peanut butter and you will be consuming a small bite of heaven :)

I made these on one of those Mondays where you don't feel like doing homework, but you don't feel like doing much else either. Since I actually had all the ingredients for this recipe, I thought I should try it, even though I really don’t need them :).

You don't want to bake them any more than this, otherwise they will be too crunchy,

Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars:

2 1/8 cups all purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 1/2 sticks butter, melted and cooled slightly

1 cup light brown sugar

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1 large egg

1 large egg yolk (optional…I didn’t use it and they turned out great)

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 cups chocolate chips

1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Adjust the oven rack to lower-middle position.
2. Grease a 9x13 baking pan
3. Mix the flour, salt, and baking soda together in medium bowl; set aside. Whisk the melted butter and sugars in a large bowl until combined. Add the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla and mix well.
4. Using a rubber spatula, fold the dry ingredients into the egg mixture until just combined; do not overmix. Fold in the chocolate chips and turn the batter into the prepared pan, smoothing the top with the spatula.
5. Bake until the top of the bars is light golden brown, slightly firm to the touch (less is more, because they still cook in the hot pan even after you take them out of the oven) about 24-28 minutes. Cool on a wire rack to room temperature.
6.  Cut into 2-inch squares and serve.