Food

Delicious Cookie Bars

May 13, 2010

10 rich and gooey sweets loaded with chocolate, nuts, coconut, and peanut butter.

Lemon-Glazed Persimmon Bars — Sweetened with ripe persimmons and dates, and coated with a tart, toothsome, lemon-sugar glaze, these bars are a wonderful celebration of late-fall fruits. Get the recipe for Lemon-Glazed Persimmon BarsNoah Fecks

Lemon Bars — Lemon bars are a light, brightly-flavored dessert, best served with a sprinkling of confectioners' sugar. Get the recipe for Lemon BarsNoah Fecks

caramel crumb bars — These shortbread bars, with their extravagant double-layered topping—rich caramel and a crumbly butter streusel—are the perfect dessert to satisfy your sweet tooth. Get the recipe for Caramel Crumb BarsTodd Coleman

Nanaimo Bars — A chocolate-, almond-, and coconut-enriched graham crust supports a dense layer of buttercream topped with a slick of semisweet chocolate. Get the recipe for Nanaimo BarsPenny De Los Santos

swedish visiting cake bars — This recipe, originally for a cake (not bars), was given to me by a Swedish friend who prized it for its flavor, and the fact that it could be made in minutes. I enjoyed it for years before discovering the pleasures of using the recipe to make bar cookies. The crisp, beautiful almond topping was a late and welcome addition as well. Adapted from Dorie's Cookies. Get the recipe for Swedish Visiting Cake Bars »Christina Holmes

Chocolate-Glazed Toffee Bars — Layers of chocolate and toffee dotted with chopped pecans top a buttery crust in a classic bar cookie. Get the recipe for Chocolate-Glazed Toffee BarsHelen Rosner

Lime Bars — A light dusting of confectioners' sugar tempers the intense lime pucker of these creamy bars. Get the recipe for Lime BarsHelen Rosner

Coconut Blondie Cookies — With their powerful coconut flavor, chewy texture, and crisp edges, these gluten- and dairy-free all-coconut bar cookies (made with coconut extract, oil, and flour) are the ultimate macaron. Get the recipe for Coconut "Macaroonies" »Matt Taylor-Gross

Pecan Squares — Walnuts may be substituted for pecans in these soft, rich, and chewy cookies. Get the recipe for Pecan SquaresFarideh Sadeghin

Hungarian Shortbread — The light, crumbly texture of this shortbread owes to a clever technique: freezing the dough and grating it. This recipe is based on one in Baking with Julia by Dorie Greenspan (Morrow, 1996). Get the recipe for Hungarian ShortbreadAndré Baranowski

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