Thick and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

Name: Thick and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Yield: Makes 24 (2-inch) square cookies
Ingredients: 2 1/8 cups, bleached all-purpose flour (10 1/2 ounces/298 grams); 1/2 teaspoon, table salt; 1/2 teaspoon, baking soda; 12 tablespoons, unsalted butter (1 1/2 sticks), melted and cooled slightly; 1 cup, light brown sugar (7 ounces/198 grams); 1/2 cup, granulated sugar (3 1/2 ounces/99 grams); 1 , large egg; 1 , large egg yolk; 2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 2 cups, chocolate chips or chunks (semi or bittersweet)

Desserts or Baked Goods
Chocolate
Brownies & Bars

Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 2006

A bar variation of our thick and chewy chocolate chip cookies.

SERVES Makes 24 (2-inch) square cookies

TIME 1 hour, plus 20 minutes cooling

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