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Skip the bore and the time suck of rolling individual cookies and make these chewy and decadent toffee-studded Frosted Heath Cookie Bars instead.

Skip the bore and the time suck of rolling individual cookies and make these chewy and decadent toffee-studded Frosted Heath Cookie Bars instead.

Frosted cookie bars are one of my favorite easy desserts. I love that, instead of spending a ton of time in the kitchen rolling out and baby-sitting individual cookies, I can plop the dough in a pan, set the timer, and come back to a finished product. These Frosted Heath Cookie Bars are wonderful on their own; they’d be great even without the frosting. Everything is better frosted, though, and this homemade vanilla frosting takes the bars over the top.

Skip the bore and the time suck of rolling individual cookies and make these chewy and decadent toffee-studded Frosted Heath Cookie Bars instead.

I made these a while back for J to take to a party. Over the next few days I got multiple requests to share the recipe and to make them again. It isn’t tough to see why; these Frosted Heath Cookie Bars are thick and chewy, with a moistness and a richness you won’t find in regular cookies. The homemade frosting is fluffy, light, and the perfect complement to the toffee-studded bars.

Skip the bore and the time suck of rolling individual cookies and make these chewy and decadent toffee-studded Frosted Heath Cookie Bars instead.

Frosted Heath Cookie Bars

Ingredients

For the Cookie Bars

1 cup butter, room temperature
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
2 1/2 cups flour
8 oz. bag Heath toffee bits

For the Frosting

1 cup butter, room temperature
4 cups powdered sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
pinch of salt

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream butter for three minutes, until light and fluffy. Add in both sugars and beat three minutes more. Pour in eggs, vanilla, salt, and baking soda and mix until well-incorporated. Add flour and beat just until combined, and then do the same with the toffee bits.

Spread cookie dough into a greased 9 x 13 pan and bake for 23-28 minutes, or until bars are golden around the edges and firm to the touch in the middle.

Prepare the frosting while bars are cooling. In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat butter for five minutes. Add powdered sugar and beat five minutes more, until no powdered sugar lumps remain. Add vanilla and salt and mix one minute more.

Spread frosting on cool bars, cut into squares, and serve.

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Notes

  • For an even bigger toffee impact, add another cup of Heath bits and sprinkle more on top of the frosting.
  • Other flavors of frosting, like chocolate, cream cheese, or brown sugar would work perfectly.

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Skip the bore and the time suck of rolling individual cookies and make these chewy and decadent toffee-studded Frosted Heath Cookie Bars instead.

Comments

  1. I looooove heath and this look great. I think the frosting would be too much for me, but if I kept it on it may stop me from eating the entire pan in one sittung!

    • You’re right, the frosting makes them SO rich, but it also held me to just one small(ish) square.

  3. Oh gosh, these cookie bars look so good! I haven’t made cookies in a long time – sometimes cookies just seem to take so long!! Love these bars, though – and that frosting! YUM!

  5. I’m totally with you. Love no-fuss desserts that don’t need a lot of babysitting. These look delicious – Heath toffee bit sound like an awesome addition!