362 bar cookie recipes

Cheesecake cookie bars with a buttery brown sugar shortbread crust, tangy cream cheese filling, and a crumbly streusel topping. Cut into squares for easy serving.

Layered Austrian bar cookies with a buttery shortcrust, apricot preserves, a fluffy pecan meringue filling, and a lattice top. Old-world baking at its finest.

Old-fashioned chocolate sticks: a thin pan of dense fudgy chocolate-nut batter cut into slim rectangles after baking. Half-cookie, half-brownie bar made for coffee or after-dinner trays.

Hawaiian macadamia coconut squares: a chewy coconut-macadamia topping over a buttery brown-sugar-coffee shortbread crust. Tropical bar cookie that travels well and freezes beautifully.

Minnie Pearls are no-bake pink cookie bars loaded with coconut, almonds, and graham crumbs, bound with butter and powdered sugar and tinted rosy. Just mix, chill, and cut, no oven required.

Hello Dollies are layered magic cookie bars with vanilla wafer crust, pecans, coconut, butterscotch chips, chocolate chips, and sweetened condensed milk baked until gooey and golden.

Mrs. Field's-style chocolate chip oatmeal cookies with oats blended to powder and grated chocolate bar mixed in with the chips. Golf ball-sized for thick, chewy centers.

Fat-free cherry cheesecake bars with cinnamon cookie crust, creamy lemon-kissed filling, and glossy cherry topping that tastes like splurging but keeps calories in check.

Linzertorte fingers with a buttery ground almond pastry layered with raspberry jam and topped with sliced almonds. An Austrian-inspired bar cookie for elegant holiday baking.

Pecan pie brownies layer a fudgy brownie base with a gooey brown sugar and pecan pie filling on top. Two classic desserts in one bar cookie.

Two doughs, one pan, all the chocolate. Classic chocolate chip cookie dough layered with coconut and topped with cocoa-rich double-chocolate drops baked into bulls-eye cookie bars that are crispy on the edges and chewy in the middle.

Buttery brown sugar bar cookies with chopped walnuts and a hint of rum extract, baked in one pan and cut into squares. Serve warm with ice cream or stash them in a tin for later.

Toffee squares with a buttery brown sugar shortbread base, melted chocolate on top, and chopped nuts. A sheet pan cookie bar that's rich, crunchy, and easy to make.

Chunky bittersweet chocolate cookies with hand-chopped chocolate bars and walnuts. Golden edges, soft centers, and pools of melted chocolate in every bite. Serve warm for maximum gooeyness.

Chewy bar cookies with crunchy bran flakes in the dough and a layer of strawberry jam baked in the center. Old-fashioned lunchbox treats that come together in 45 minutes.

Lemon love notes are buttery shortbread bars studded with coconut and bright lemon zest, finished with a tart lemon glaze and a flurry of toasted coconut, then cut into triangles. Bake-sale cookies that look as pretty as they taste.