Chocolate chip cookie bars (yeah, I could certainly update that photo!) have always been part of our dessert rotation…I could make them blind folded. So I thought I could do a similar pan cookie with sugar cookie dough. My first attempt was decent (they went to a Super Bowl party with my oldest…the 20 year old crowd has lower standards than I do!), but the consistency of the cookie wasn’t quite right. I added another egg and it was much improved. Frosting and sprinkles disguised the uneven rise…and gave us another Valentine’s Day/Super Bowl treat.
Frosted Sugar Cookie Bars…inspired by Allrecipes
1 cup butter, at room temperature…very, very soft (microwave just short of melted if your kitchen is cool)
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 3/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
Frosting:
1/2 cup butter, at room temperature.
2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup whipping cream
Sprinkles, optional
Preheat oven to 375º. Cream together butter and sugar till smooth. Beat in eggs, then vanilla. Add dry ingredients and mix till well blended. Spread evenly in a greased 9 x 13 inch pan. Bake 20 minutes. Remove to rack to cool completely.
Beat butter till light and fluffy. Add powdered sugar,vanilla and cream. Beat for 5 minutes. Spread on cooled cookies. Garnish with sprinkles if desired.
I had the thrill of meeting three fellow food bloggers yesterday. Basilmomma, The Dutch Baker’s Daughter, and Wendy, The Weekend Gourmet, were in Indianapolis for The Taste of the NFL party celebrating the Super Bowl. We visited over breakfast like we had known each other for years. These gals are are nice as can be…if you haven’t visited their blogs, please do! I was so lucky they took time out of their busy schedules to see me~
A big thank you to Ridwan of Ridwan’s Kitchen for honoring me with not one, but two blogger awards. I hope you’ll check out his site, too, and his fabulous and inventive Asian cooking.
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Love the bar version of these sugar cookies!
Congrats on the awards! I am so glad you got to meet some fellow bloggers in Indianapolis-that is a rare opportunity and I am sure made for a great time.
I just saw someones post that made sugar cookies and decorated them…I believe it took them 12 hours! Sometimes I do want the taste of a sugar cookie but I do not have the time to put in. This looks like a great go to recipe to squelch that craving quickly. They look amazing!
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Un bacio grande!!!
The bars look great and would be a sweet Valentine treat. Blogger meet ups are so much fun aren’t they?
PS – Love the new blog design!
Lizzy,
Your persistence paid off! These bars look so good, and sprinkles, make everything better;)
Congrats on both of your well deserved awards!
Those cookies look delightful – and with a buttercream frosting? Oh boy! Thanks, as always, for the inspiration…
Oh Lizzy, congratulations and kudos to you on the awards for your blog! Your blog is so incredible and you deserve them! I love the idea of sugar cookies in a bar! Yum! Lots of good TV coverage of Indianapolis lately; sounds like it was a SUPER great time there!!!
Congrats on the award Lizzy and I simply adore the finishing with the colorful topping. Please pass over just 1/2 a bar for me to be enjoyed.
Congrats on your awards! Sugar cookie bars – what a great idea. Love the Valentine’s sprinkles, too!
Your bars look yummy Liz! Congrats on your awards, and how fun to meet blogging friends in person!
Sugar cookie bars! How wonderful! I’ll definitely have to try them.
It’s also wonderful that you got to meet up with some fellow food bloggers. Sounds like you had a great time.
I love sugar cookie bars! (And any kind of sugar cookie.) These will be perfect for Valentine’s Day.
There’s just something about a sugar cookie that makes you feel like a kid again. I could eat dozens of those bars!
THE ASPECT IS REALLY NICE!!
very greedy the sugar frosted!
Lovely bars….
This will be a fantastic treat for anytime….
Icing is a great cover for unperfect tops, I am sure they devoured it. So fun meeting other bloggers.
I want it now!
sugar cookie bar looks awesome..is this ur valentines recipe??? this is perfect..
Liz, your “decent” is my “wonderful” when it comes to your desserts, I’m sure
And love when you post pics of you and your friends, so cute!
Lizzy, congratulations on your award…the cookie bars look great as well.
How fun meeting up with bloggers
Hope you have a great week ahead!
a cookie and a bar! Genius combo and one I can’t wait to try!
Congrats on the awards. You deserve them. How do you stay so lovely and skinny? I bet you have the best will power in the world … and only eat a little of what you make! Just guessing…lol Curious me.
Very pretty bars – nice save with the extra egg.
Mmmm I love the sound of a cookie bar! Just perfect. And congrats on the awards! Well deserved
These look delicious, Liz! and, you totally deserve those awards
Oh my goodness! My inner child is screaming right now. These are so cute Liz! I want to gobble a couple up right now. Sprinkles are my favorite!
It was a pleasure to meet you in person yesterday, Lizzy! I loved your city…so many nice, friendly people. The goodies you brought were the perfect in-flight snack during my flight home. If you ever find yourself in San Antonio, I will return the favor!!
These look fantastic… especially with the thick layer of frosting!
Congrats on more awards! I had read on Wendy’s site that she was having breakfast with you. How cool is that!?!
U welcome Liz,,,you deserve it,I’m a big fans of your baking recipe idea and amazing pictures,just like this frosted sugar cookie bars,,,,looks yummy and pretty
Ridwan
That sounds like such a great way to celebrate Superbowl Sunday!! So glad you got a chance to meet them!
Congrats on your blog awards!! I’m in love with all of your recipes! These sugar cookie bars look dangerously good, you can’t go wrong with frosted cookies, yum!
Congratulation on your awards! The frosted sugar cookies look absolutely divine and presented beautifully.
Frosting and sprinkles cover any variety of sins, don’t they? I love that even you get the uneven cookie syndrome sometimes. Lovely bars and I’m envious that you got to meet some of your fellow bloggers!
Torture!! I want one of these thick cookie bars right now!! With extra frosting
So fun to meet other bloggers! These look delicious – I keep seeing these sugar cookie-type bars lately and my craving is getting larger and larger…
Yummy! My youngest daughter is doing blog hopping with me now, and she said her tummy growled when she saw this. She’s asking me if we could bake this next weekend! I guess we will!
Congrats on your well deserved awards!
Your cookie bars look great! Congrats on your awards… now I am craving something sweet!!!
I keep seeing cookie bars everywhere! I’ve never had one, and am dying to try one. Now how to make one without eating the whole thing?
Congrats on the awards! I buzzed these yummy bars!
My family loves sugar cookies, these bars look amazing! I know they would disappear quickly at my house!
Congrats at the award!
Congrats on the awards Liz! These bars sound so delicious and they are so cute
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I’ve made some sugar cookie bars like this before, too. Big crowd hit! I like that you perfected them from the original recipe.
Congrats on the awards !!!! These cookie bars looks really pretty
Perfect for every occasion 
Frosting and sprinkles are a bakers friends…lots of times. Wow…fun to meet fellow bloggers…so glad you got that opportunity.
Glad you posted these, I’ve been seeing them all over, I want to try them out and love the idea so fun with the Valentine’s sprinkles.
These are so cute!! It’s the kind of recipe I never know how to make but always admire. Love how you left loads of sprinkles at the bottom; I would attempt to dip them!
I love this kind of bar, all soft and sweet. They look great!
I really like this recipe, it’s very adaptable. Great pictures too Liz!
Beautiful bars, Liz! You are so lucky to meet fellow bloggers! I wish I met some of my virtual friends one day!
Congratulations for the awards!
Hm, I’m afraid I’ve never tried cookie bars before. They look so cute and all the kids must love them. You get to meet not one but two? How cool! Congrats on the awards too!
These look so good! I love frosted sugar cookies, I can only imagine that bars are just as good!
I love making new versions of old favourites – looks like these are just as delicious as the original, too!
Well I think I would prefer to them Valentine day treat
Looks really cute
looks so great :X
thanks for sharing :X
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Oh how fun that you got to meet some fellow bloggers! I can imagine what a fun breakfast that was!
These cookie bars are so beautiful (and your photography has come a long way since the cc bars!) and I bet they taste delicious. What a fun treat!
Oh man sugar cookie bars!! This sounds amazing! (I really need to reel in the sweet tooth!
) I definitely have to try these, love sugar cookies. And how cool that you got to meet some fellow bloggers! 
I have never make sugar cookies or even sugar cookie bars before. I really must get that engine going since coming back from the Lunar New Year. I love how they are simple, yet so pretty. Right now, I am curious to know what it would taste like. Can’t wait!! Huggsss
The sugar cookie bars look awesome,Lizzy!The get-together must have been a lovely experience as I gather from the lovely photo of you amazing ladies out there:)Congrats on the dual awards – they are definitely at the right place!
Sugar cookie in bar form is genius. With icing you are right no one would even notice an unever rise…although I suspect the flavor alone would make them not notice.
Congrats on your awards. I love his site. I always have trouble getting there by foodbuzz for some reason though. Also so wonderful you got to meet some other bloggers. I still have not met anyone in person. You are so lucky. These bars are fabulous.
i made something similar a couple of weeks ago and found them too dry. hubby loved them so I’m still debating if i should write about or not.
these bars look so delicious and fun!
I’m making these for our classroom Valentine’s party next week. They look easy, cute, and yummy!
I love sugar cookie bars & they’re always such a hit! Yours look & sound amazing, and now I want to make a batch! I also want to tell you that the triple chocolate mousse cake you made is absolutely gorgeous! You make beautiful desserts Lizzy!