Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie Bars

4.93 from 26 votes

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie Bars

These tasty treats will keep you coming back for more! This is a great recipe to get the kids in the kitchen - they'll enjoy helping and love the results too!

Course Dessert

Cuisine Baking

Keyword bars, breakfast, chocolate chips

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 30

Total Time 45

Servings bars

Calories 270

Author Erren Hart

Ingredients

2½ cups all-purpose/plain flour
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda/bicarbonate of soda
1¼ cups salted butter melted
1½ cups packed light-brown sugar
½ cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs at room temperature
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
½ teaspoon cinnamon
⅛ teaspoon nutmeg
2 cups rolled oats
1¼ cup chocolate chips

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Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F/190C. Grease and flour a 9 x 12 baking pan
Sift the flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and nutmeg together into a large mixing bowl.
Add the butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, eggs, vanilla, and rolled oats. Mix until combined. Fold in 1 cup of chocolate chips and spread evenly into the pan. Sprinkle with remaining chocolate chips.
Bake 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, give the pan a little shake. If it jiggles in the middle, put the pan back in and try again every 5 minutes until there is no longer any jiggle.
Remove from the oven and let cool 10 minutes before cutting. Best served warm, but great cooled as well.

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Notes

For a more even look, use an offset spatula to spread the dough evenly into the pan.
For a more professional looking slice cool the cookie bars completely before slicing. You can also chill in the refrigerator to fully set before slicing. Chilled bars cut cleaner.
Use a ruler for your first slice to make the straightest possible cut.
I recommend using a wooden spoon instead of a mixer in this recipe to avoid over mixing, which will result in a tougher bar.

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