Sugar Cookie Bars

Sugar cookie bars are everything you love about classic sugar cookies—soft, buttery, and perfectly sweet—without the fuss of rolling or cutting. Just spread the dough in a pan, bake, frost, and watch them disappear.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword christmas cookie, cookies, dessert bars, sugar cookies

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Servings Bars

Calories 356kcal

Author Wendie

Equipment

1 Jelly Roll Pan

Ingredients

2 ½ cups all purpose flour spoon and leveled
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup unsalted butter softened
1 ½ cups granulated sugar
1 large egg
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon almond extract
2 teaspoon vanilla extract

For The Frosting

1 cup butter softened
3 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1-2 tablespoons milk

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a jelly roll pan or 9x13 pan with parchment paper.
In a medium bowl mix together the flour, baking soda and salt until combined.
In a large bowl add the softened butter, and sugar and using a hand mixer beat until creamy.
Add in the eggs and almond extract and vanilla and mix until combined.
Add the dry ingredients into the wet and mix until combined.
Press the dough into the prepared pan.
Bake for 20-25 minutes or until the edges are lightly browned.
Let cool completely.
For The Frosting
In a medium bowl add the softened butter and powdered sugar and mix until combined.
Add in the vanilla and milk.
Spread the frosting onto the cooled cookie bars and add sprinkles.

Notes

Room temperature butter not melted.

The bars should look slightly underdone in the center when you pull them out. They’ll finish setting as they cool, keeping them soft and chewy.

Store the bars in an airtight container at room temperature.

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