Brown Butter Peanut Butter Cup Cookie Bars are quite possibly the best cookie bars ever! These brown butter cookies with rich peanut butter cups are not to be missed!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword best cookie bars, brown butter cookies, how to brown butter, peanut butter cups cookies
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 30 minutesminutes
Total Time 50 minutesminutes
Servings 16
Calories 429kcal
Author Jenny
Ingredients
2sticksbuttersalted
3/4cupgranulated sugar
3/4cuppacked light brown sugar
2large eggs
1teaspoonpure vanilla extract
2 1/2cupsall purpose flour
1teaspoonbaking soda
1teaspoonkosher salt
1cupmini chocolate chips
10.5ouncebag mini Reese's Peanut Butter Cupsunwrapped and quartered
1cupmilk chocolate chunkschopped
12mini Reese's Peanut Butter Cupsunwrapped and quartered
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Place butter into a medium saucepan over medium low heat. Swirl until melted and let butter brown. Once browned transfer to a large mixing bowl. Let cool for 15 minutes.
Add sugars to brown butter and stir to combine. Stir in eggs and vanilla until combined. Slowly add flour, baking soda, salt and mini chocolate chips. Stir until dough forms and carefully stir in quartered peanut butter cups. Leave 12 mini cups for topping after baked. Transfer dough to a parchment lined 9 x 13 inch baking dish, pressing even. Bake for 30-35 minutes until baked through. Immediately top with chocolate chunks and 12 quartered peanut butter cups. Let cool for 30 minutes then cut into squares and serve.