Gingerbread Cookie Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting
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Brief Description
These won the office Christmas Cookie Contest
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Category: Cookies and Brownies
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Cuisine: American
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Prep Time: 0 min(s)
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Cook Time: 0 min(s)
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Recipe Type: Public
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Posted By: lizzardio
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Posted On: May 24, 2020
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Ingredients:
- 1 sticks - butter melted
- 3/4 cups - sugar
- 1/4 cups - brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoons - vanilla
- 1/3 cups - molasses
- 1 - egg
- 2 teaspoons - baking soda
- 2 cups - flour
- 1 tablespoons - cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoons - ginger
- 1/4 teaspoons - cloves
- 1/4 teaspoons - nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoons - salt
- 8 ounces - cream cheese softened
- 1/4 cups - butter softened
- 3 cups - powder sugar
- 1 teaspoons - vanilla
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9×13″ baking pan and set aside.
In a large bowl, cream together butter, sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, and molasses.
Add the egg and stir until completely incorporated.
Add baking soda, flour, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg and salt and mix until well combined. Spread dough evenly into the greased pan, pressing all the way to the edges.
Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes (Do not over cook). Remove& let cool.
Cream Cheese Frosting
Mix butter and cream cheese together in a large mixing bowl (I use my stand mixer). Add vanilla.
While mixing, gradually add in powdered sugar. Mix until creamy & well-combined.
Once the bars have cooled, frost the tops. Garnish with holiday sprinkles or a pinch of cinnamon.
Cut into squares and serve.
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