Bar Recipes

Fruit bar dough: a chill-and-rest whole wheat cookie dough that pairs with any fruit filling. The hearty, wheat-germ-boosted base for homemade fruit-filled bar cookies.

Fruit nut breakfast bars with rolled oats, chopped almonds, and golden raisins bound with brown sugar and a hit of almond extract. Make-ahead bars that beat any granola bar in the cereal aisle.

Grant Avenue chews are chewy date and walnut bars with brown sugar rolled in powdered sugar. A San Francisco Chinatown-inspired cookie bar that's dense, sweet, and nutty.

Butter toffee pecan bars with a shortbread base, boiled butter-sugar topping, and swirled milk chocolate on top. A three-layer cookie bar that yields 36 pieces.

Chewy mini chocolate chip bars made with nonfat yogurt and egg whites instead of butter. Lower in fat but still loaded with brown sugar chewiness.

Pecan toffee bars with a buttery shortbread crust, Heath brickle bits, coconut, and melted chocolate on top. Layered dessert bars with crunch, chew, and gooey chocolate.

Raisin breakfast bars with wheat germ, honey, walnuts, and cinnamon. A chewy, wholesome grab-and-go bar baked in one pan with simple pantry ingredients.

These raspberry almond bars are not only good during Christmas...

Rocky Road bars stack a fudgy chocolate brownie base with gooey marshmallows and a swirled chocolate-peanut-butter fudge topping. A rich, decadent three-layer treat with chewy, gooey, and fudgy in every bite.

Tangy banana bars with apricot preserves, brown sugar, chopped nuts, and sliced bananas, dusted with powdered sugar. A soft, fruity bar cookie that makes 36 pieces.

It seems odd that thyme is connected with dessert, but this recipe actually works out in this way, and these elegant looking bars are amazingly delicious!

One-saucepan double chocolate chip brownies made with melted chips instead of cocoa, then loaded with more chips and nuts. Rich, fudgy, and quick to stir together.

Tropical cheese bars with coconut rum cream cheese filling, crushed pineapple, and a brown sugar almond crust topped with toasted coconut.

Chocolate walnut bar cookies cut into neat triangles with a smooth vanilla butter frosting. Fudgy, nutty, and cute enough for a cookie tray or bake sale.