Sheet Pan Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Sheet Pan Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars - A hint of cinnamon and pumpkin are irresistible in these soft 'comfort food' cookie bars studded with regular chocolate chips and topped with mini chocolate chips. Perfect for gifting and a crowd!
Servings: 36 bars
Calories: 126kcal
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour don't over measure
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- ½ cup Zulka Sugar or granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons molasses or honey
- 2 tablespoons almond milk or milk
- 2 large eggs
- 3 teaspoons cinnamon
- ⅔ cup pumpkin puree
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 12 oz. bag Ghirardelli Semisweet Chocolate Chips + 1 cup Ghirardelli Mini Chocolate Chips for top of bars
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Line a 13x18 sheet pan with parchment paper, spraying the parchment with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
- In another large bowl, using an electric mixer at medium speed, beat together the butter, and sugars about 2 minutes and is smooth.
- Add the eggs, pumpkin, molasses, almond milk and vanilla and mix on low speed until mixed in.
- Sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt over the wet mixture and mix together until just incorporated. Do not over-mix.
- Add bag of chocolate chips in and mix into dough, again no over-mixing, just until incorporated. Dough will be sticky.
- Spread sticky cookie dough out evenly by dropping spoonfuls onto the baking sheet and spread out with an offset icing spatula sprayed with non-stick spray if you wish, to spread out evenly getting into all the corners. You could also use a dinner knife, Just make sure the dough is even all the way across.
- Sprinkle mini chips to the top of the dough.
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes. Do not over-bake so the bars stay moist.
- Cool in pan on wire rack. Makes 3-4 dozen bars depending how big you make them.
- For 9x13 bars, cut recipe in half and baking time will still be the same.
Notes
Refer to Cookie Bar Tips in this post for more tips!
Nutrition
Calories: 126kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 130mg | Potassium: 49mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 879IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 16mg | Iron: 1mg