Dessert for 24
Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars with cake
A buttery yellow cake mix batter with brown sugar, walnuts, and chocolate chips bakes into soft cookie bars.
Typical price
$2.21for 4 servings
$0.55 per serving$2.21 for 4
Typical price: Salefork's estimate of an everyday US shelf price for each ingredient. Pick your city to price it from this week's ad.
- 45 minstart to table
- Mediumdifficulty
- 24servings as written
- $typical cost tier
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What it costs
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| Ingredient | Amount | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Butter$0.40/oz typical | 4 oz | $1.60Typical price |
| Eggs$0.30 each typical | 2 | $0.60Typical price |
| Cake, pancake and baking mixes$0.18/oz typical | 18 oz | $3.28Typical price |
| Nuts and seeds$0.70/oz typical | 3.5 oz | $2.36Typical price |
| Chocolate chips and baking chocolate$0.45/oz typical | 12 oz | $5.40Typical price |
| Total for the servings shown | $13.25 | |
Pantry staples you likely have
Syrups, molasses, powdered sugarOlive and cooking oilCornstarch, vanilla, yeast, cocoa
Not included in the cost.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 light brown sugar
- 4 tbsp water
- 2 eggs
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 package (18 1/4 oz) yellow cake mix
- 3/4 cup walnuts
- 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
Steps
- Heat the oven to 350 F and grease a 9-by-13-inch baking pan with cooking oil.
- Melt the butter, then stir in the brown sugar, water, eggs, oil, and vanilla.
- Add the cake mix and stir until combined, then fold in the walnuts and chocolate chips.
- Press the batter evenly into the pan and bake for 25 minutes, until the center is set.
- Cool the bars in the pan for 20 minutes before cutting.
Swaps
- Butter for Margarine and vegan butterabout $0.15/oz less at typical prices
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