A moist brownie dressed up for the holidays with red and green candied cherries.
Bars
Bar cookies are halfway between a cake, and a cookie. In general, they are baked in a pan (although there are many no-bake varieties) and, when cooled, sliced into squares or rectangles. They differ from cakes because the dough is much stiffer than that of a cake, and once baked, you have a denser product that is usually easy to eat with your fingers (like a cookie). On the other end of the spectrum, the walls of a cake pan allow you to bake a more liquid ingredient such as custard or cheesecake filling that will then solidify during baking. This allows the baking of the bar cookies in several distinct layers that give them an attractive and sophisticated look. Baking up a batch of bars is often a quick way to make cookies for a crowd, because unlike other forms of cookies, you don’t have to shape each cookie individually…you bake it all at once. Is something missing? Submit your favorite bar cookie recipe here!
Kahlua Gingerbread
A dense gingerbread cake/bar with a shot of Kahlua for a coffee-infused flavor.
Lemon Bars
Classic lemon bar…a shortbread crust topped with a moist and tangy lemon filling.
Lemon Ice Bars
A granola and maraschino bar cookie topped with a tangy lemon icing and decorated with maraschino cherries.
Luscious Apricot Bars
A double-layer bar with a shortbread crust and an apricot-nut topping.
Maple Walnut Squares
A shortbread base with a maple and walnut topping reminiscent of a pecan pie.
Meringue Glazed Caramel Cinnamon Bars
Two-layer bar with a cinnamon dough base, covered with a honey-meringue topping and pecans.
Midnight Mints
A mint-flavored Nanaimo-Bar type cookie with a chocolate-coconut base and creamy mint filling.
Mocha Cheesecake Squares
A chocolate crust with mocha-flavored cheesecake filling, drizzled with melted chocolate.
Napoleon Creams
A Nanaimo-type chocolate/custard bar for non-Canadians who can’t find real custard powder.