Recipe: Perfect M&M Cookie Bars

M&M Cookie Bars.

You can have M&M Cookie Bars using 11 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of M&M Cookie Bars

1. You need 2 1/4 cups of all-purpose flour.
2. Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt.
3. Prepare 1/2 tsp of baking soda.
4. It's 12 Tbsp of butter, melted.
5. Prepare 1 cup of brown sugar.
6. You need 1/2 cup of white sugar.
7. Prepare 1 of large egg.
8. You need 1 of large egg yolk.
9. You need 2 of tsps vanilla extract.
10. Prepare 1 1/2 cups of M&M's, divided.
11. Prepare of Chocolate chips.

M&M Cookie Bars step by step

1. Preheat oven to 325. Line a 9 x13 baking pan with greased parchment paper. Set aside..
2. In a medium bowl, stir together flour, salt and baking soda. Set aside..
3. In a large bowl, cream together melted butter, brown sugar, and white sugar..
4. Stir in large egg and egg yolk until combined..
5. Stir in vanilla extract..
6. Combine dry ingredients with wet ingredients, stirring just until flour is incorporated. Don't over stir..
7. Add in 1 cup of m&m's, and chocolate chips fold in..
8. Press dough into an even layer in prepared pan..
9. Press remaining m&m's lightly on the top..
10. Bake for 25-30 minutes. Remove from pan and let cool completely Cut into squares. Enjoy!.
11. Notes- I greased my parchment paper with butter-flavored shortening. This gave a beautiful, golden, crisp, buttery tasting bottom. Be sure to leave enough overhang on the parchment to make it easy to remove from the pan when done..
12. I cheated and used this..