The Mother Load Layer Cookie Bar Recipe

How to make it

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• Layer 1: Sugar Cookie
• 1 Roll of Pillsbury Sugar Cookie Dough
• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Press sugar cookie dough into bottom of a 9×13 inch baking dish that’s been lined foil and sprayed with cooking spray.
• Layer 2: Double Chocolate Chip Cookie
• (the recipe below makes double what you’ll need for the bars, use extra for cookies)
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup white sugar
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1 1/4 cups cocoa powder (I used Hershey’s Dark Chocolate Cocoa Powder)
• 2 tsps. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
• 1. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Slowly add eggs and vanilla until well combined.
• 2. In another bowl, combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Slowly add to wet ingredients then stir in chips. Layer 1/2 the recipe over sugar cookie layer, pressing gently.
• Layer 3: Peanut Butter Cookie
• 1 Cup creamy peanut butter
• 1/2 Cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1. Place all ingredients into a bowl and mix until combined. Press over chocolate cookie dough.
• Layer 4: Chocolate Chip Cookie
• (the recipe below makes double what you’ll need for the bars, use extra for cookies)
• 2 sticks softened butter
• 3/4 Cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 Cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 Tablespoon pure vanilla
• 2 1/2 Cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 bag chocolate chips
• 1. Make sure oven is preheated to 350 degrees F. In a stand or electric mixer cream the butter and sugars until well combined. Beat in eggs and vanilla until combined. Place flour, baking soda and salt into a large bolw; mix to combine. Slowly add to wet ingredients along with chocolate chips. Spoon 1/2 of the dough evenly over peanut butter cookie dough but don’t press, just leave uneven. Bake for 35-45 minutes or until center of dough is cooked mostly through. Edges will be brown. I covered pan with foil during the last 15 minutes of baking.
• 2. Let cookies cool completely. Lift out of pan with edges of foil. I cut off 1/2 inch edges and just used softer centers, but do as you wish. Edges are crispier. Drizzle top with 1/2 Cup melted chocolate chips if desired.