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August 2, 2011
Chocolate Chip Squares
Keepsake Cookies
Prep time:
12 minutesbaking time:
30 minutes“These yummy bars sold out quickly at my school's annual bake sale.”
Ingredients
Serves 9
- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar, divided
- 1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 3 large eggs, divided
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract, divided
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/4 cups chocolate chips
- 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
Directions
1
Preheat the oven to 350ºF.
2
Combine butter, 1/2 cup granulated sugar and brown sugar in a large bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in 2 eggs and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract. Stir in the flour, baking soda and salt. Fold in the chocolate chips.
3
Roll half the dough into an 8 × 8-inch square on a lightly floured surface. Press onto the bottom of an 8 × 8-inch baking pan.
4
Combine cream cheese, remaining granulated sugar, remaining egg and remaining vanilla extract in a medium bowl. Beat until smooth and creamy.
5
Spread cream cheese mixture over cookie dough layer. Roll the remaining cookie dough into an 8 × 8-inch square on a lightly floured surface. Place on top of cream cheese mixture. Bake for 30 minutes.
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Grandma's Secret Trick
Grandma's Secret Trick
For the quickest, cleanest rolling, Grandma rolled out the chocolate chip cookie dough between two sheets of waxed paper. Sometimes she used a rolling pin cover, which is like a little sleeve for the rolling pin, and it worked beautifully, too.
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