recipe // chocolate chip cookie bars

I have some exciting news to share today: one of my old cake pop recipes is being featured on bonappetit.com! [check out slide #8] and to celebrate, I'm going to share a new recipe with you.

I know what you are thinking. wow, bon appetite, that's awesome! wait... a recipe?

back before we moved to the land of no ovens, and before my gluten sensitivity got really serious, I used to write a baking blog. I baked. all. the. time. and I had nearly a hundred posts on this old blog of mine, so I left it up for people to read and discover. [and also to use as a quick recipe reference when baking myself.]

before we left the states, I gave away my sprinkle collection and most of my cookie cutters. my beloved candy apple red KitchenAid mixer is in storage, along with all my pots and pans. here in Taiwan we only have a tiny toaster oven. I don't have a rolling pin or measuring spoons anymore, and I have to mix everything by hand... but I've still managed to bake a few things. cheese olive tarts. egg muffins. pizza crust. mini-pies. cheese crackers. and... chocolate chip cookie bars.

chocolate chip cookie bars [gluten-free]

1 stick or 4oz or 113g butter
1/3 cup brown sugar

1/3 cup white sugar
1tsp vanilla
1 whole egg
1 1/4 cups gluten-free flour mix
1/2 tsp baking soda

sprinkle of nutmeg and/or cinnamon

1/2 cup chocolate chips

cream softened butter with both sugars. mix in vanilla + egg. combine flour, baking soda + spices separately first, then add slowly to butter/sugar mixture. stir in chocolate chips. spread batter into greased 9x9 pan and bake for 20 min at 200C/375F.

enjoy!