Pistachio Cherry Chocolate Chip Bars
Pistachio Cherry Chocolate Chip Bars are chocolate chip cookie bars stuffed with lots of goodies!
Servings 16
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour** (190 grams)
- ½ teaspoon soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened (114 grams)
- ½ cup light brown sugar (100 grams)
- ½ cup granulated sugar (100 grams)
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon pistachio or almond extract optional
- 1 large egg (50 grams)
- ⅔ cup semisweet chocolate chips
- ½ to ⅔ cup dried cherries
- ½ to ⅔ cup roasted unsalted pistachio nuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9 inch square metal pan with nonstick foil.
- In a bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda and salt.
- In a mixing bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the softened butter and both sugars until creamy. Beat in extracts and egg.
- Add the flour mixture and stir by hand until thoroughly blended, then stir in the chocolate chips, dried cherries and pistachio nuts.
- Spread the mixture as evenly as possible in the pan and bake until golden – about 25-30 minutes.
- Let cool completely in the pan, then lift from pan by grasping foil. Cut into squares.
Notes
I recommend weighing the flour. If you don't have a scale and are using volume measurements, make sure to stir it well and spoon it into the cup rather than scoop it. Too much flour makes bar cookies dry.