381 cookie bar recipes

Rainbow chocolate oatmeal cake topped with M&M's, made with brown sugar, cinnamon, and chopped nuts. A colorful, kid-friendly bake that doubles as a giant cookie bar.

Whole wheat trail cookie bars with dried figs, golden raisins, walnuts, and wheat germ, sweetened with honey and molasses. A hearty, portable snack baked in one pan.

Lemon love notes are buttery shortbread bars studded with coconut and bright lemon zest, finished with a tart lemon glaze and a flurry of toasted coconut, then cut into triangles. Bake-sale cookies that look as pretty as they taste.

Swiss Leckerli cookies: honey-spiced almond bars with candied citrus peel and kirsch, finished with a hardening sugar glaze. Traditional Basel Christmas market sweet that improves with age.

Oatmeal carmelitas with a brown sugar oat crust, gooey caramel center, and melted chocolate chips. Classic potluck bar cookies with chewy edges and a soft, sticky middle.

Soft orange raisin bar cookies made with sour cream, ground raisins, and fresh orange zest. Finished with powdered sugar or orange icing for a citrus-sweet treat.

Pecan fingers with a buttery shortbread base and a chewy brown sugar pecan topping, dusted with powdered sugar. Two-layer bar cookies made entirely in the microwave.

Chewy oat chocolate chip cookies packed with rolled oats, semi-sweet chocolate, and chopped nuts. Bake 9 minutes for soft and chewy or 13 minutes for crisp edges. Also works as bars.

Tender cream cheese pastry sandwiches a layer of thick dried fruit filling, then bakes into golden bars. These reduced-sugar cookies cut into 2 dozen squares for sharing.

Date sticks: chewy bar cookies packed with chopped dates and nuts in a tender cake-like base, cut into strips and dusted with powdered sugar. Pantry-staple treat.

Maple butterscotch brownies (blondies) packed with brown sugar, walnuts, and warm maple flavor. Chewy New England-style bar cookie with a caramel-rich crumb and dense, fudgy center.

Fruit and chocolate dream squares with a buttery shortbread crust, raspberry jam, milk chocolate chips, and a pecan streusel topping. Layered bar cookies baked until golden and crumbly.

Wholesome layered bar cookies with a tahini-oat-almond crumb crust and a cocoa filling made from tofu, ricotta, and maple syrup. Sweetened naturally and full of fiber.

Crunchy toffee-studded drop cookies loaded with crushed candy bars and chopped pecans. A buttery brown sugar dough bakes up golden with irresistible brickle crunch in every bite.

Rich and creamy squares with a buttery yellow cake mix base topped with sweetened cream cheese and pecans. An easy two-layer bar cookie that feeds a crowd.

White chocolate pecan chunk cookies baked low and slow at 300F for tender, soft-set centers. Hand-chopped white chocolate bars give bigger pools than chips, plus toasted pecans for crunch.