Sunday, October 21, 2012

High Altitude Cookie Bars

We promised the kids we would 'boo' some families tonight, and I don't want to take the time to make cookies, so I'm going to try bars.  Haven't made them here in Colorado yet.  I just copied and pasted this from food.com.

Nestle High Altitude Recipe

2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter, softened
2/3 cup granulated sugar
2/3 cup brown sugar, packed
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons water
2 cups toll house semisweet chocolate morsels
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
Directions:

1
Preheat oven to 375º F / 190º Celsius.
2
Combine flour, soda and salt in a small bowl.
3
Cream together butter, sugars and vanilla extract in a large bowl.
4
Add eggs, one at a time, to butter mixture, beating well after each addition.
5
Gradually beat flour mixture and water into the wet ingredients until well combined.
6
Stir in morsels and nuts.
7
Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.
8
Bake 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.
9
Cool on baking sheets 2 minutes, then transfer to wire racks.
10
*For a pan cookie (15x10 inch jelly-roll pan): Grease pan, prepare dough as indicated above, spread into pan and bake 17-19 minutes.

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