Sugar Cookie Bars Food

SUGAR COOKIE BARS MADE EASY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 13x18-inch baking sheet.
• Beat white sugar and 1 cup butter together in a bowl until fluffy. Add eggs 1 at a time, mixing after each addition. Add 2 teaspoons almond extract and vanilla extract; mix well.
• Whisk flour, 3/4 teaspoon salt, and baking soda together in a bowl. Add to egg mixture and stir until just combined. Spread onto the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the cookie comes out clean, 10 to 15 minutes; they won't look done. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Beat 1/2 cup butter in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add 1 teaspoon almond extract and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Add confectioners' sugar, 1 cup at a time, mixing until combined. Add heavy cream, 1 tablespoon at a time, until frosting reaches a smooth, spreadable consistency. Spread frosting over cooled cookie bars.

SUGAR COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Bars: In a large bowl cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing after each egg. Mix in vanilla and almond extract.
• In a separate bowl whisk together flour, salt & baking soda. Add to wet mixture and mix just until combined.
• Spread on a greased, rimmed baking sheet (use a 13 x 18 pan). The dough will be just like cookie dough- heavy & sticky- so it's best to spray your hands with a little nonstick spray and use them to help mold the dough into the pan.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 10 mins - 15 mins, until light golden brown or until a toothpick comes out clean. (I like to slightly under cook mine. I take them out at 10 minutes exactly. They are not brown at all, but I think that they are better this way.).
• Cool completely before frosting.
• Frosting: In a large bowl, beat butter, vanilla, almond extract and salt.
• Add powdered sugar (1 cup at a time) until combined.
• add milk & mix until smooth and spreading consistency.
• Add a few drops of color, if desired.
• Spread over cooled cookie, then cut into bars.

SUGAR COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease a 9x13 inch pan and set it aside. In a large mixing bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt then set it aside.
• In a stand mixer or with beaters, cream together butter and sugar until fluffy. About 3 minutes. Combine egg, egg white, sour cream, and vanilla. Mix together until fully incorporated. Add the dry ingredients until all is fully combined.
• Gently press the dough into the bottom of your 9x13 inch pan. Bake for 17-20 minutes until the edges are lightly golden and toothpick entered in the center is clean. Let completely cool and frost.
• To make the frosting, Whip together butter, powdered sugar, and half and half until fluffy. Add vanilla. Add food coloring if using. Spread on the top of the cooled bars.

SUGAR COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Line 9-inch square pan with cooking parchment paper or spray with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, beat cookie mix, 1/2 cup butter and the egg with electric mixer on medium speed until a soft dough forms. Press dough in bottom of pan.
• Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• In medium bowl, beat powdered sugar, 1/2 cup butter, the whipping cream and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth and creamy. Stir in food color until well blended. Spread frosting over baked cookie bars. Top with candy sprinkles. Cut into 4 rows by 4 rows.

SUGAR COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly butter a 9-by-13-inch baking pan. Line the pan with parchment paper, running it up the two long sides of the pan and letting it extend past the rim by about 2 inches.
• Make the bars: In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour and salt. In a large bowl with an electric mixer, or in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter and cream cheese on medium speed until well blended, about 1 minute. Add the granulated sugar and beat until smooth, about 1 minute. Add the egg and vanilla and beat on low speed until well combined, about 1 minute. Turn off the mixer and scrape down the bowl with a rubber spatula. Gradually add the flour mixture, mixing on low speed just until blended, about 1 minute.
• Using a spatula, scrape the dough into the prepared baking pan and spread it into an even layer. Bake just until the edges are starting to turn light golden brown, and a toothpick inserted in the middle has moist crumbs, 20 to 25 minutes. (Do not overbake! The bars should be quite moist, and almost slightly underbaked in the middle.) Remove the pan from the oven and set it on a wire rack. Let cool completely. When fully cooled, remove the bars from the pan using the overhanging parchment paper.
• Make the frosting: Place the butter in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat the butter on medium speed until creamy, about 1 minute. Add 1 cup confectioners' sugar, beating on low speed until fully combined, then repeat with remaining 1 cup confectioners' sugar. Add the 1 tablespoon milk or heavy cream, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, the vanilla, salt and food coloring, if using, and beat on medium speed until the frosting is light and fluffy, scraping down the sides halfway through, about 4 minutes. Add more milk if needed to thin out the mixture. Add lemon juice and vanilla to taste.
• Using a spatula, spread the frosting on top, then decorate with sprinkles, if using. Cut into 20 bars and serve.

SUGAR COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 17 x 12 inch baking sheet with non-stick or baking spray.
• With a stand mixer on medium speed, cream butter and sugar in a large bowl. Add the eggs, vanilla, and almond extract, until well blended.
• Sift together the flour, salt, and baking powder in a bowl. Add flour mixture to the wet ingredients and mix until well combined.
• Press into prepared baking sheet. Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until lightly golden brown. Cool completely, then frost.

SUGAR COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F (175C) and lightly grease a 13x9" (33x23cm) baking pan with baking spray or butter. Set aside.
• Combine butter, cream cheese, and granulated sugar in a large bowl and use an electric mixer (or a stand mixer) to beat until creamy and well-combined.
• Add eggs, egg yolk, and vanilla extract and stir until completely combined.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.
• With mixer on low-speed, gradually add flour mixture to the butter mixture until completely combined.
• Spread batter evenly into prepared baking pan and bake on 350F (175C) for 25-30 minutes or until center is set and edges are beginning to turn light golden brown. Allow to cool completely before covering with frosting.
• Combine butter and cream cheese and beat with an electric mixer until completely smooth and creamy.
• With mixer on low-speed, gradually add powdered sugar until completely combined, then stir in cornstarch.
• Add vanilla extract and salt and stir until combined.
• Spread frosting evenly over completely cooled cookie bars and add sprinkles on top if desired. Slice and serve. Note that frosting will crust slightly on top but will not solidify all the way through.

THE BEST SUGAR COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 9x13-inch pan with foil and spray with nonstick cooking spray.
• Cream butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat in egg and both extracts. (Almond extract is optional, but adds amazing flavor!) Mix in baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt. Slowly mix in flour.
• Press dough into prepared pan.
• Bake for 14-19 minutes The sides will just be getting golden and the center will look a little under done. Cool completely before frosting.
• Make the frosting: Beat butter until creamy with a hand or a stand mixer. Mix in salt. Slowly add in powdered sugar until mixture is crumbly. (It will be very crumbly if using a hand mixer, more smooth if using a stand mixer.) Add vanilla and 1 tablespoon milk or cream. Mix until the frosting comes together and becomes smooth, adding additional teaspoons of milk as needed for consistency. If you want your frosting to be a color, tint it now.

SUGAR COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• For the bars, in a large bowl, cream together the butter, granulated sugar and powdered sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix for 1-2 minutes. Stir in the lemon zest (optional), flour, baking powder and salt. Mix until combined.
• Lightly grease a 9X13-inch baking pan with cooking spray or line with parchment paper and grease. Press the sugar cookie dough into an even layer in the bottom of the pan.
• Bake for 10-13 minutes. Don't overbake! The bars should have hardly any color around the edges and barely be set in the middle. Let the bars cool completely before frosting.
• For the frosting, cream together the butter and powdered sugar until smooth (if the mixture has trouble coming together, add a drop or two of milk). Add in the vanilla, milk or cream, and food coloring (if using), and mix until the frosting is light and fluffy, 1-2 minutes.
• Spread the frosting over the cooled bars and top with sprinkles.

SUGAR COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Then line a 9×13 baking dish with parchment paper and spray with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside. (The parchments paper is for easy removal.)
• Cream butter and sugar together (this just means stir together until it's light and fluffy). Next stir in egg, vanilla, and almond extract. Scrape the sides of the bowl and stir again.
• Then stir in the dry ingredients and mix until just incorporated. It won't look like a traditional dough at first, but if you grab a handful it should stick together and hold its shape.
• Spread the dough evenly into the prepared dish and press down. Bake 20-25 minutes or until the edges are golden brown! Remove from the oven and cool completely.
• Stir all frosting ingredients together until smooth and fluffy. Start by adding 3 tablespoons milk then add more until frosting is the desired consistency.
• Spread over cooled cookie bars and add sprinkles if desired. Cut and serve.

SUGAR COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°. Spray a 9x13 baking pan with cooking spray or line with parchment paper. *I prefer to line with parchment paper because then I can lift the bars out, frost them, and cut them easier.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer, or use a mixing bowl and a handheld blender, add the butter, sugar, powdered sugar, and oil. Beat until creamy, combined, and lighter in color.
• Add water, egg, and vanilla extract. Mix until combined.
• Add flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Mix on LOW speed (to avoid a flour puff) and increase speed as needed, just until dough is combined and no flour streaks remain. *The dough will look like it's crumbled, but that's ok, this dough is a different dough than traditional.
• Dump dough into the prepared pan and use your fingers/hands to spread it out evenly, while pressing down gently on the dough. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of sugar over top.
• Cook for 11-13 minutes. The edges should be a very pale golden brown while the middle of the bars will still be very pale. *Obviously every oven cooks differently. I never cook mine for longer than 12 minutes. If yours need more time, then let it bake longer. Watch carefully because you don't want to overbake these.
• Let the sugar cookie bars cool completely in the pan.
• MAKE THE FROSTING: Beat together the butter, sour cream, powdered sugar, and almond extract until combined. Add in the cream, starting with 1 tablespoon, and add more if needed. You want the frosting to be thicker so it will stay on top the bars. It's ok if you don't use the full amount of heavy cream or milk listed in recipe. * If you use anything that's less fat than heavy cream you will need less of it. Start with a small amount and add as needed.

SUGAR COOKIES BARS

Steps:

• For the cookie portion: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 13 by 9-inch baking sheet.**
• In a medium mixing bowl whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric stand mixer cream together 1 cup butter with 1 cup granulated sugar until blended. Scrape down mixing bowl.
• Mix in each egg, 1 at a time. Scrape down mixing bowl then blend in 1 1/2 tsp vanilla and 1/2 tsp almond extract.
• Add flour mixture and mix just until combined.
• Spread mixture into prepared baking dish. To help even it out I also like to press even with greased hands (sprayed with non-stick cooking spray).
• Bake in preheated oven until puffy and just baked through (be careful not to over-bake as they'll continue to cook slightly in hot pan once removed from the oven), about 14 - 16 minutes.
• Let cool completely on a wire rack, about 90 minutes (or about 60 minutes in the fridge).
• For the frosting: in a large mixing bowl using an electric hand mixer blend together powdered sugar, 1/2 cup butter, 2 Tbsp cream, and 1 tsp vanilla extract, and a few drops food coloring (if using) until pale and fluffy.
• If needed thin frosting with another 1 Tbsp cream.
• Spread frosting evenly over cooled cookie bars. Immediately finish with sprinkles if using.
• Keep bars covered with plastic wrap or store in an airtight container.

SUGAR COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 9x13 baking dish with parchment paper and lightly spray with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, stir butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Stir in egg, vanilla and almond extract and whip until fluffy. Scrape the sides and stir again briefly. Stir in remaining dry ingredients and mix until just incorporated. It won't come together as a dough initially, but if you grab a handful, it should hold its shape.
• Spread dough into prepared pan and press down evenly. Bake 20-25 minutes or until the edges are golden brown. Remove from oven and cool completely.
• Stir all ingredients together until smooth and fluffy. Start by adding 3 tablespoons milk and work up from there until frosting is the desired consistency.
• Spread over cooled cookie bars and add sprinkles if desired. Cut into bars and serve.

SUGAR COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a cookie sheet (12"x17" or 13"x18") by spraying with cooking spray.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer, or using a hand held mixer, cream butter and sugar until light & fluffy. This will take 2-3 minutes. It will look dry and crumbly at first but then come together and get creamy after a couple minutes.
• Add eggs, one at a time, mixing after each egg. Add vanilla and mix well.
• In a separate bowl combine flour, salt, baking soda and stir with a whisk to combine. Add to the wet mixture and mix just until combined. Spread onto the prepared cookie sheet. * The dough should spread easily but if needed, drop large spoonful's of it all over the cookie sheet and then spread it out that way.
• Bake for 13-16 min, until edges are just barely light golden brown and the center looks pale & puffy. The center should not look wet at all, but it should still be very pale. Mine usually take the full 15 minutes. Let cool completely in the pan before frosting.

SUGAR COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9x13 inch pan with parchment or foil.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar for 2 minutes til very fluffy.
• Mix in eggs and vanilla.
• In a medium bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and corn starch.
• Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix until completely incorporated. (Batter will be very thick!)
• Use a rubber spatula or spoon to spread/press dough into prepared pan in an even layer. (The batter is very thick so this will take a minute but trust me, these are worth a little elbow grease!)
• Bake in preheated oven for about 18 minutes. Allow to cool completely in the pan.

CHRISTMAS SUGAR COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• In a large bowl, beat the butter, sugar, cream cheese and egg for about 4 minutes.
• Add the almond extract and vanilla and beat for another minute.
• Add the flour and baking powder and beat for 2 more minutes.
• Press the dough into a greased 10"X15"X1" pan and bake for 20 minutes. Let the bars cool and then add the frosting.
• Mix all the frosting ingredients together and beat until smooth. Frost the cooled bars and then slice and serve.

SOFT AND CHEWY SUGAR COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 9x13 inch glass pan with parchment paper or foil, to make it easy to lift the bars out of the pan and slice. (Foil needs to be sprayed with nonstick spray) Or you can grease the pan directly with nonstick spray.
• In a large bowl or stand mixer, beat 3/4 cup butter on medium speed until it is soft and fluffy, 1-2 minutes, scraping down the sides at least once.
• Add the softened 4 ounces of cream cheese and continue to beat for 1 minute, until well incorporated.
• Add 1 and 1/2 cups sugar and beat well, 1-2 minutes, until fluffy. Scrape down the sides.
• Add 1 egg, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and 1 and 3/4 teaspoon almond extract. Beat well. Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl with a spatula. This is my spatula that I love and use for every baking project.
• Add 1 teaspoon salt, 2 and 3/4 cup flour, and 1 tablespoon cornstarch. Beat until just barely combined, scraping the sides and bottom again. Do not stir too much or you will make your dough tough.
• Transfer the dough to the prepared pan. Get your hands a little wet (shake off excess water) and press the dough evenly into the pan. (You can also grease your hands if you prefer.)
• Bake at 350 for about 25-30 minutes. Every oven is different, keep an eye on it. The bars are done when there are just a few golden spots on the edges, and the center is no longer shiny. It's very important not to over bake sugar cookie bars, or they will not be soft and chewy. (They will become dry and crumbly.) When a toothpick comes out of the center with no dough on it, they are done. If you are baking in a metal pan, it will bake a couple minutes faster.
• Let the bars cool completely on a wire rack. Do not frost while warm.
• Top the bars with one batch of The Best Buttercream Frosting for Sugar Cookies!
• To slice into clean bars as shown in the photos, slice off about an inch from all four edges, then slice into bars, cleaning your knife before making each cut.

SUGAR COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Line a 9X13 pan with parchment paper and lightly spray the parchment paper with nonstick spray.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar for about 3-4 minutes. Add the eggs, vanilla extract and almond extract and beat together for another 2-3 minutes.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, salt and baking powder.
• Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and mix just until combined. Press the cookie dough evenly into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 15-18 minutes or until the edges barely start to turn a light golden brown. Cool completely before frosting.
• To make the frosting, just mix the butter, sour cream (or yogurt), powdered sugar and vanilla together with an electric mixer until well combined. Add food coloring if desired and then add the milk, just a little bit at a time to get the consistency that you want.

FROSTED SUGAR COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl or stand mixer beat the butter, cream cheese, sugar, and egg until nice and frothy. About 4 minutes. Add the vanilla and almond extract and beat for 1 minute more.
• In a small bowl combine the flour, baking powder and baking soda. Mix them around so that all ingredients are well incorporated. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and beat for about 2 minutes. Press the dough into a large jelly roll (cookie sheet) pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Let the pan cool completely.
• To make the frosting, in a medium sized bowl (or your stand mixer) combine the butter and cream cheese. Beat for about 2 minutes. Add the powdered sugar, milk, vanilla and food coloring. Mix for 1-2 minutes or until smooth. Add or reduce the amount of powdered sugar to get the desired consistency. Frost your pan of cookies. Cut the cookies into bars and serve.

SUGAR COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a 10x15-inch baking pan with parchment paper.
• Place butter and sugar into the work bowl of a large stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment; mix on medium-high speed until butter and sugar are light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Beat eggs into butter mixture one at a time, letting each egg blend in before adding the next. Beat in vanilla extract. Whisk flour, salt, and baking soda together in a separate bowl. Gradually beat flour mixture into moist ingredients, blending each portion in before adding more. Spread dough into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until lightly golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Let cool completely in pan.
• Remove from pan and spread frosting over the top; cut into bars and serve.