Name: Sheet Pan Cookie Bars – 6 Ways 1 Batter
Yield: 36 servings
Ingredients: 3 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1 1/2 cup unsalted butter, 3 sticks; 1 cup light brown sugar; 3/4 cup granulated sugar; 2 large eggs, room temperature; Mix in For Each Cookie

Cookie bars are the ultimate way to make buttery cookies everyone can enjoy. One cookie base that gets split 6 ways and is transformed into 6 different cookies in one sheet pan. A fantastic holiday cookie, potluck dessert, or game day recipe to make.

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This cookie bar recipe is great for tailgating, to serve as a holiday dessert for a crowd, or snacking. Make all your usual cookies at one time.

Create your base cookie dough
Divide it up into 6 bowls
Create your different mix-ins
Stir up each cookie dough mix
Press into pan and bake

We did 6 different flavors of cookies but you are more than welcome to do 4 different cookies or even just two!

The ingredient list and full directions are in the printable recipe card featured below.

Step 1: What we did was go ahead and get smaller bowls and created all the mix-ins we wanted for each cookie. Then we sat them aside.

Step 2: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Then in a stand mixer cream your butter and brown sugar and granulated sugar together.

You want it to cream together so this takes 2-4 minutes. Then add eggs, and vanilla.

Step 3: Now you will add in your mixed flour, salt and baking soda. Add a little at a time so it incorporates well.

Step 4: Split the cookie dough into 6 even bowls. Now add in your mix in ingredients for each cookie. Stir well and drop into one corner of a greased or parchment lined 11×17 baking sheet.

Step 5: Press each cookie batter down and make little rectangles with each dough. Then bake as directed.

Here are the cookies we made out of this one batter. Feel free to change up the cookie mix ins to fit hear you want.

Chocolate chip with pecans – 1/4 cup pecans,1/3 cup mini chocolate chips
Inside Out Cookies– 1 1/2 tablespoons cocoa, 1/4 cup white chocolate chips
Peanut butter M&M cookies – 1/4 cup peanut butter, 1/4 cup mini M&M’s, 1/4 cup oats
Oatmeal chocolate chip with coconut – 1/3 cup oats, 1/4 cup coconut, 1/4 cup chocolate chips
Peanut butter chip cookies – 1/2 cup peanut butter chips
Double chocolate with chocolate chips – 1 1/2 tablespoons cocoa, 1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Don’t stop here, there are so many different kinds of cookies you can make using the base cookie mix!

Go right ahead and change in your cookie dough mix in ingredients. These are just what we picked for this sheet pan cookie recipe.

Grab our Free Kitchen Conversions Printable! This shows you how many cups are in a quart, pint, etc. It’s a great printable to keep handy for when you need to convert a recipe.

For this particular cookie bar recipe, you do not have to refrigerate the dough. Just mix, press into pan, and bake.

How to Know When Sheet Pan Cookies Are Done

To know when sheet pan cookies are done, grab a toothpick and stick into the cookies. If no dough Appears when you remove toothpick the cookies are done.

Christmas dessert, Thanksgiving, Easter, etc
Potluck dessert
Game Day snacking
Birthday Party Desserts
For your family as a treat

Not! Make as many or as few as you would like. Do just one single cookie or split it into two cookies or even four. The choice is up to you!

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Ingredients

Makes 36 servings

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cup unsalted butter, 3 sticks
1 cup light brown sugar
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs, room temperature

Toppings

Mix in For Each Cookie

Method

In a stand mixer, you will cream your butter and granulated sugar and brown sugar. You will whip this up for 2-3 minutes.
Now you will stir in your 2 eggs, and vanilla. Mix until creamy.
Then you will add your flour into a small bowl, baking powder, and salt. Stir and then slowly mix that into the cookie batter, stirring.
Once the batter is fully mixed, divide the batter into 6 bowls. Then add in your cookie mix-ins for each bowl.
Press the cookies into the parchment-lined pan 11×17, making square patches of each cookie.
Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for 15-18 minutes or until the cookies are done.
Allow cookie bars to cool then slice and serve.

Kitchen notes

Chocolate chip with pecans – 1/4 cup pecans,1/3 cup mini chocolate chips
Inside Out Cookies– 1 1/2 tablespoons cocoa, 1/4 cup white chocolate chips
Peanut butter M&M cookies – 1/4 cup peanut butter, 1/4 cup mini M&M’s, 1/4 cup oats
Oatmeal chocolate chip with coconut – 1/3 cup oats, 1/4 cup coconut, 1/4 cup chocolate chips
Peanut butter chip cookies – 1/2 cup peanut butter chips
Double chocolate with chocolate chips – 1 1/2 tablespoons cocoa, 1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips