Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Cookie Bars
Butter-flavored shortening and two sugars create a tender chocolate chip cookie base for these bars. A smooth cream cheese filling is sandwiched between the bottom layer and crumbled dough topping, then baked until a toothpick comes clean. Cool completely before cutting.
Ingredients
- 1 c butter flavored shorteningbutter1:1neutral
shortening adds neutral flavor
- ¾ c sugar
- ¾ c brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 t vanilla
- 2 ¼ c flour
- ½ t baking soda
- ¾ t salt
- 1 c chocolate chips
- 2 8 oz packages cream cheese, softened
- 1 c sugar
Instructions
- 1
Cream together shortening and sugars.
- 2
Add eggs and vanilla, stir.
- 3
Sift in flour, baking soda and salt and mix.
- 4
Stir in chocolate chips.
- 5
Spread half of the dough into a greased 9 x 13 pan.
- 6
Whip the cream cheese until smooth.
- 7
Add sugar and eggs and mix well.
- 8
Pour over cookie dough in pan.
- 9
Crumble remaining cookie dough on top of cream cheese.
- 10
Bake at 350 for 35 to 40 minutes, until toothpick comes out clean.
- 11
Cool completely.
- 12
Cut into bars and serve.
Good to Know
Covered container, room temperature, up to 5 days.
Cookie dough can be mixed up to 1 day ahead, covered and refrigerated. Assemble and bake when ready.
Cut into bars. Serve at room temperature or chilled.
Common Mistakes
Do not overbake or filling may brown excessively; check at 35 minutes to avoid dry bars.
Do not skip cooling completely before cutting or bars will crumble.