Graham Cracker Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
These graham cracker chocolate chip cookie bars are a delicious gooey chocolate chip cookie bar with graham cracker and chocolate stuffed in the middle.
Ingredients
Cookie Layers
- 1 cup butter or margarine
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 eggs
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1 packet graham cracker crumbs see NOTE
- 1 teaspoon soda
- 1 cup 6 ounces chocolate chips—mini-chip size works best for even mixing into batter
Filling
- 1 packet graham crackers crushed finely (see NOTE)
- 1/3 c milk
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Cream the butter, both sugars, and vanilla together. Add the eggs one at a time and continue beating until fluffy.
- Stir the flour, graham cracker crumbs, and soda together and add to the egg mixture. When evenly mixed, fold in the chocolate chips.
- Prepare the filling. Heat milk and chocolate chips in the microwave at medium heat about 1 to 2 minutes, stirring once or twice, until the chips are melted and the mixture is well blended.
- Remove from microwave and stir in the 1 packet of filling graham cracker crumbs
- Spread a scant half of the dough evenly in an 11 X 15, oiled pan. Spread with the still hot filling (it thickens quickly as it cools so speed is of the essence) and then drop the remaining dough over the filling. Use a spatula to spread this layer as evenly as possible over the chocolate layer.
- Bake at 325? for about 30-35 minutes, until just barely done. Test by inserting a toothpick near the center, only into the top layer, not into thee chocolate. If no cookie dough sticks to the toothpick, it is done. Do not overbake.
Notes
NOTE: Graham cracker preparation
Most graham crackers are currently sold in 14-ounce boxes, with three packets in each. When finely crushed, each packet yields just over a cup of crumbs. To simplify your preparation, just crush one packet for each part of the recipe separately. No need for further measuring. I find that using a food processor or blender is the easiest and quickest way to get the very fine crumbs you will want for this recipe, but putting the crackers in a plastic bag and rolling over it with a rolling pin will also work.
Most graham crackers are currently sold in 14-ounce boxes, with three packets in each. When finely crushed, each packet yields just over a cup of crumbs. To simplify your preparation, just crush one packet for each part of the recipe separately. No need for further measuring. I find that using a food processor or blender is the easiest and quickest way to get the very fine crumbs you will want for this recipe, but putting the crackers in a plastic bag and rolling over it with a rolling pin will also work.