Easy, Chewy Snickerdoodle Cookie Bars
This recipe for Chewy Snickerdoodle Bars takes everyone's favorite cookie recipe to a whole new level. Warm spices, vanilla flavor and a cinnamon sugar topping make these chewy bars a favorite!
Servings: 16 bars
Calories: 150kcal
Ingredients
- 10 tablespoon unsalted butter at room temperature
- ½ cup white sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar firmly packed
- 1 large egg at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
Cinnamon Sugar Topping
- ½ tablespoon white sugar
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8x8-inch square pan with butter or use parchment paper to line the pan.
- Cream together butter, white sugar, and brown sugar in a bowl with an electric mixer. (You can also do this in the bowl of a mixing stand with the paddle attachment.) Mix in egg and vanilla until thoroughly combined. Mix the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a separate bowl and stir until combined. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until a dough just begins to form.
- Carefully press the dough into the prepared pan. You can lightly flour your hands, or use the flat end of a spatula to press the dough firmly and evenly into the bottom of the pan.
- In a small bowl, mix the cinnamon and sugar for the cinnamon sugar topping. Sprinkle the cinnamon-sugar mixture evenly over the top of the dough.
- Bake the bars until the dough in the center of the pan feels just set, About 18-20 minutes. Do not overbake.
- Allow the bars to cool slightly before cutting and removing them from the pan.
Notes
- Don't overbake the bars - this will result in them losing their chewy texture. Bars should be just barely set in the middle when done.
- Store Snickerdoodle bars in an airtight container for up to a week.
- Make these bars often? Make a big batch of cinnamon sugar to have on hand to make your life a bit easier!
Nutrition
Calories: 150kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 30mg | Sodium: 114mg | Potassium: 56mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 236IU | Vitamin C: 0.01mg | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 1mg
