Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Looking for an entertaining kitchen activity to do with the kids? Make some desserts or snacks for everyone with this oatmeal chocolate chip cookie bars recipe that you can grab any time you want. A delicious and healthy baked goody that you will surely love!
All About Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars!
Oatmeal is not always for breakfast. You can toss some chocolate chips and some other ingredients to make delicious cookie bars that you can get a bite for dessert or snack.
These cookie bars are undeniably tasty and healthy for the people you love. Also, this is fun kitchen activity to do with the kids that will only entail mixing, baking, and slicing. Indeed, you will really love it. You can also place them inside a jar and just grab a piece every time you wish as it can be stored up to a week.
How Long Will It Take to Finish Baking the Cookie Bars?
In this recipe, you may yield 12 to 24 bars depending on how you slice them. The total time in making these oatmeal chocolate chip cookie bars will take about 40 minutes. To be specific, 15 minutes for preparation and 15 to 20 minutes for cooking time.
What Equipment Should I Need?
Basically, there are some tools that you need to prepare for this recipe and these are:
- Parchment paper and 11*3 pan. For baking the cookie bars.
- Large Mixing Bowl. It is where the dry and wet ingredients are mixed for the batter.
- Wood Spoon or Rubber Spatula. For scraping the batter to ensure nothing will be left.
- Microwave safe bowl. This can be used to melt the chocolate.
- Blender or Food processor. This is optional if you want the dry ingredients to be chopped.
What are the Ingredients to Prepare?
Likewise, you also need to set the ingredients for this dessert or snack. These are the components that you need:
- Old-fashioned rolled oats, ¾ cups.
- All-purpose flour, 2 cups that are scooped and leveled.
- Baking soda, 1 teaspoon.
- Salt, ½ teaspoon.
- Unsalted butter, ¾ cup or 1.5 stick and is melted.
- Packed light brown sugar, 1 and â…“ cups.
- 1 large egg + 1 egg yolk
- Vanilla extract, 2 teaspoons.
- Mini chocolate chips, 1 cup.
- Semisweet or bittersweet chocolate chips, 1 cup. You can also use milk chocolate.
How to Make the Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars?
Baking this goodie will entail a few more steps to follow. But, know that these cookie bars are rewarding to be your dessert or snack.
Begin by spraying the inside of the 11*13 pan with nonstick spray and place in parchment paper. You may cut the corners on a diagonal so it lays flat. Set it aside.
Then, as you preheat the oven to 350 degrees, you can already add oats, flour, baking soda, and salt to a food processor and pulse until oats are finely chopped, omit this step if you like the texture of the oats as is.
Subsequently, in a large bowl, melt the butter, add in brown sugar, egg, egg yolk, and vanilla and stir to combine. Proceed with adding in the dry ingredients until incorporated and mix in the chocolate chips.
Afterward, pour batter into the pan, spread it out to the ends, it will look like there is not enough batter to cover the bottom of the dish, just make it as even as possible. Then, bake for 18 to 20 minutes or until the edges are golden brown.
Then, remove from the oven and let for at least 30 minutes prior to removing the parchment paper from the pan and slicing the bars.
How Long Can the Bars Last?
Bars can be stored for up to 7 days in an airtight container, they could also be frozen.
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Equipment
- Parchment Paper
- Large mixing bowl
- Wood Spoon or Rubber Spatula
- Microwave Safe Bowl
- Blender or Food processor, optional
- 11*13 pan
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup old fashioned rolled oats
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, scooped and leveled
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup 1.5 stick unsalted butter, melted
- 1 1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 large egg + 1 egg yolk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup mini chocolate chips
- 1 cup semisweet or bittersweet chocolate chips can also use milk chocolate
Instructions
- Spray the inside of the 11*13 pan with nonstick spray
- Place in parchment paper (cut the corners on a diagonal so it lays flat)
- Lightly spray with nonstick and set aside.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
- Add oats, flour, baking soda, and salt to a food processor and pulse until oats are finely chopped, omit this step if you like the texture of the oats as is.
- In a large bowl, melt the butter.
- Add in brown sugar, egg, egg yolk, and vanilla. Stir to combine.
- Add in the dry ingredients until incorporated
- Mix in the chocolate chips
- Pour batter into the pan, spread it out to the ends, it will look like there is not enough batter to cover the bottom of the dish, just make it as even as possible.
- Bake for 18-20 mins or until the edges are golden brown.
- Remove from the oven and let for at least 30 mins prior to removing the parchment paper from the pan and slicing the bars.
- Bars can be stored for up to 7 days in an airtight container, they could also be frozen.
