81 bar cookie recipes

Chocolate pecan pie bars with a buttery shortbread crust and a gooey corn syrup filling loaded with chopped pecans and chocolate morsels. All the flavor of pecan pie, no pie dish needed.

Lemon bars with an oat-brown sugar crumble crust and a tangy sweetened condensed milk lemon filling. Crumbly, creamy, and tart in every bite.

Diabetic-friendly chocolate bars made with cocoa, sugar substitute, and a hint of cinnamon, topped with melted chocolate chips. Fudgy, rich, and lower in sugar than traditional brownies.

Crunchy 7-grain sesame bars with maple syrup, crunchy peanut butter, coconut, orange zest, and chopped nuts. A wholesome, no-flour snack bar baked until golden.

Harvest pumpkin bars with canned pumpkin, cinnamon, and a smart soy flour boost for extra protein. Soft, moist sheet pan bars perfect for fall potlucks.

Honey bear cookies sweeten oats with honey and brown sugar instead of just butter and white sugar. Chewy oatmeal cookies with cinnamon and your choice of chocolate, apples, or raisins.

Old-fashioned date bars with a buttery oat crumb crust, orange-scented date filling with chopped nuts, and a crumbly oat topping baked until golden.

These bars made of vanilla wafers, chocolate chips, coconut and pecans are a great snack for dessert or when on the move.

Apricot almond bars with a buttery shortbread crust, spiced almond meringue topping, apricot glaze, and chocolate drizzle. Four layers of European-style pastry in every square.

Peanut butter chocolate layer bars with a peanut butter Oreo crust, chopped peanuts, chocolate chips, and coconut drizzled with sweetened condensed milk.

Chewy peanut butter chip bars with deep cocoa brownie batter and pockets of peanut butter chips. A jelly-roll pan recipe that yields four dozen fudgy chocolate bars.

Three-layer pumpkin bars built on a yellow cake mix base with spiced pumpkin custard center and a buttery cake-mix streusel top. Makes 24 bars in a 9x13 pan.

Peanut butter and fudge filled bars with an oat cookie crust, a gooey chocolate-peanut butter fudge layer, and a crumbly oat topping. Three layers of chocolate-peanut butter goodness in every bite.

Prune coconut bars with a soft prune-orange filling between a crunchy oat, whole wheat, and coconut crust. No refined sugar, no eggs, and naturally sweet.

Mississippi mud bars layer fudgy pecan-studded brownies under a glossy chocolate frosting and another shower of toasted pecans. Cut into small bars, they yield over four dozen from one 9x13 pan. Southern bake-sale royalty.

Have some fun when it comes to baking with these scrumptious cookies your kids will love!