Vanilla Malted Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars Recipe - Picky Palate (2024)

Sharing my favorite chocolate chip cookie bars today! My Vanilla Malted Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars Recipe are the perfect goodie to treat your family and friends!

Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

Does it get better than Cookie Bars? My Bars have the perfect buttery crisp outsides with the most sinful chocolatey soft centers. They are also great for packaging up for a potluck or gift giving to family and friends. My boys brought them to their Father’s and Son’s Camp trip last weekend and lets just say they didn’t bring any back with them, haha!Enjoy!

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What You’ll Need

• butter, salted- For most of my recipes I use salted butter. Unsalted works too.
• light brown sugar– This bar recipe can use light or dark brown sugar.
• granulated sugar– This fine white sugar adds sweetness to the bars.
• large eggs– For consistency, I use large eggs in my cooking and baking.
• all-purpose flour–Flour is the main dry ingredient in the bars.
• malted milk powder– Find the malted milk powder down the breakfast isles of the grocery store. You can check Amazon too.
• baking soda– Baking soda helps the bars rise during baking.
• kosher salt– Kosher salt is a course salt commonly used in cooking and baking. I prefer it over table salt.
• chocolate chunks or chips– Look for chocolate chunks near the chocolate chips down the baking isle.

How To Make Malted Bars

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and line 2 8×8 inch baking pans with parchment paper.
2. Place butter and sugars into stand mixer beating until well combined. Add eggs and vanilla beating to combine. Slowly add flour, malt powder, baking soda, salt and chocolate melts and chips. Stir on low until just combined.
3. Divide dough into 2 equal parts and spread evenly into prepared baking pans. Bake for 30-35 minutes until golden and baked through. Let cool completely then cut into bars.

Spread evenly and time to bake!!

Just you wait until you cut into these babies. You’ll have chocolatey chunks like this waiting for you 🙂

How To Serve Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

Serve bars warm or room temperature cut into squares.

How To Store Leftovers

Store any leftover bars in an airtight container room temperature or in refrigerator for up to 2-3 days.

Recipe Tips For Making The Best Cookie Bars

1. Don’t alter the recipe, use all ingredients as listed.
2. Always use real butter, not margarine. I prefer salted butter for my chocolate chip cookies.
3. Don’t skip creaming your butter and sugars for a good 2 minutes. Helps create a fluffy, chewy cookie bar.
4. Try sprinkling dough with just a touch of salt for a perfect sweet and salty combination.
5. Don’t overtake your cookie bars. Bars will continue to cook on hot cookie sheet when removed from oven.
6. Let cookies cool completely before cutting into squares and storing in containers.

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