Vanilla Sugar Cookie Bars

These Vanilla Sugar Cookie Bars are soft, chewy, and loaded with the classic flavor of sugar cookies, but require no chilling or rolling out the dough. The addition of BAILEYS® Coffee Creamer Frosted Vanilla Cookie in the bars and frosting gives the treats a deliciously sweet taste that comes together in minutes!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword cookie recipe

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 15

Total Time 30

Servings bars

Calories 242

Author Gayle

Ingredients

½ cup unsalted butter softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
¼ cup BAILEYS™ Coffee Creamer Frosted Vanilla Cookie or milk or other creamer of choice
1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt

FROSTING:

½ cup unsalted butter softened
1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract
4-5 tablespoons BAILEYS™ Coffee Creamer Frosted Vanilla Cookie or milk or other creamer of choice
4 cups powdered sugar
Food coloring if desired

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375F. Line a 9x13 baking pan with parchment paper or spray well with cooking spray. Set aside.
In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar with a hand mixer or stand mixer with fitted paddle attachment until creamy.
Add in egg, BAILEYS™ Coffee Creamer Frosted Vanilla Cookie (or milk/creamer), and vanilla, Mix until combined. Add in flour, one cup at a time, followed by baking powder and salt. Mix until just combined. Press dough in an even layer into prepared pan.
Bake for 16-18 minutes, or until edges begin to turn slightly golden. Remove from oven and let cool completely in pan.
When bars are cool, prepare frosting. In a large bowl, beat butter until creamy. Add in BAILEYS™ Coffee Creamer Frosted Vanilla Cookie, vanilla extract, and powdered sugar until fluffy. Pour in a few drops of food coloring, if desired.
Spread frosting onto cooled bars. Lift parchment paper out of pan and cut into bars.

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