White Chocolate Eggnog Cookie Bars
These soft and chewy eggnog cookie bars are perfectly spiced and dotted with white chocolate. They’re the classic holiday drink in seriously delicious cookie form.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes, plus cooling time
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Total Time: 35 minutes, plus cooling time
- Yield: 16 cookie bars 1x
Ingredients
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- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup eggnog
- 2 large egg yolks
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup white chocolate chips or chopped white chocolate
Instructions
- Arrange an oven rack in the lower third of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease and line a 9×9-inch baking pan with parchment paper and set it aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the melted butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar until fully combined. The mixture will still be a little grainy.
- Whisk in the egg yolks, then whisk in the eggnog and vanilla.
- Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Fold together with a silicone spatula until no dry patches of flour remain.
- Fold in half of the white chocolate chips until just combined.
- Transfer the dough to the prepared baking pan and use your hands to flatten it into an even layer. Sprinkle the remaining white chocolate chips over the top of the dough.
- Bake for 24–26 minutes, or until the cookie bars are puffed and golden-brown on top. They will still be a bit soft when you give them a poke.
- Remove the pan from the oven and immediately drop it on the counter a few times. This knocks out any extra air and creates a cookie bar that’s dense and chewy rather than cakey.
- Let cool completely before slicing and serving. These are best a few hours after baking or even the next day.