Description
A decadent cookie bar–oatmeal cranberry chocolate chip dough sandwiching a gooey chocolate filling!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg, at room temperature
- 1 large egg yolk, at room temperature
- 1 tbsp pure vanilla extract, plus 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
- 1 1/2 cups dried cranberries
- 3 cups semisweet chocolate chips, divided
- 2 1/2 sticks unsalted butter (10 oz), at room temperature
- 1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Line a 9 x 13 inch pan with parchment paper or aluminum foil and spray with cooking spray. Set aside.
- To make the cookie dough, mix the flour with the oats, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a mixing bowl, beat butter and both sugars until creamy. Add the egg, the egg yolk, and 1 tbsp vanilla, beating after each addition. Add the dry ingredients and beat, just until combined, before stirring in the chocolate chips and cranberries.
- To make the filling, melt chocolate chips with the sweetened condensed milk over low heat, stirring constantly, until smooth. Remove from heat and stir in 2 tsp vanilla. Allow to cool to room temperature.
- Press half of the cookie dough into the prepared pan. Pour the chocolate mixture over the dough, using a spatula to spread evenly. Top with small dollops of the remaining dough (don’t worry about completely covering–it will spread some. I tried to flatten chunks of dough and carefully lay over the top).
- Bake for 20-25 minutes, until the top is lightly browned. Allow bars to cool completely before cutting into bars. If freezing, bars can be frozen in the pan, or cut into individual squares, wrap each in saran wrap, and store in an airtight container.
Notes
from Food & Wine Magazine
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins