Peppermint Sugar Cookie Bars
These homemade, soft and thick Peppermint Sugar Cookie Bars are so festive and tasty! Enjoy peppermint candy bits in our sugar cookie base frosted with a creamy, fluffy frosting with more sprinkles of peppermint candy bits on top!
Servings: 9 Bars
Calories:
Ingredients
Thick Sugar Cookie Bars
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened to room temperature
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 ¾ cups + 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- Optional: ¼ cup crushed peppermint candy
Frosting with Crushed Peppermint
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened to room temperature
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 2 tablespoons milk of choice or heavy cream
- additional crushed peppermint candy
Instructions
Thick Sugar Cookie Bars
- Preheat oven to 350 F degrees. Line a 9x9 baking pan with parchment paper, spray with non-stick cooking spray.
- Using mixer, beat butter and sugar until fluffy for about a minute.
- Mix in egg and vanilla and mix until combined.
- Add flour, salt and baking powder gradually until combined well to get a thick batter.
- Add in the crushed peppermint and mix throughout batter, without overmixing.
- Spread batter into an even layer into a prepared baking pan.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown, without overbaking bars.
- Let cookie bars cool.
- Once it is cooled, carefully lift the sides of the parchment paper to pull the whole cookie bar out of the baking pan.
Frosting with Crushed Peppermint
- To make the frosting, using mixer, mix together powdered sugar, butter, vanilla, salt and milk.
- Spread frosting on top of cookie bars and sprinkle with candy cane sprinkles.
- Let frosting firm up a little, then cut into squares and serve!
Notes
- Peppermint Cream Cheese Frosting: Add 3 tablespoons cream cheese to frosting when mixing.
- Peppermint White Chocolate Frosting: Melt 1/2 cup of white chocolate and let it cool down to room temperature. Add to frosting when mixing.