Easy Cookies and Cream Bars Recipe

TL;DR

Cookies and cream bars are made with an Oreo crust, cream cheese cookie dough filling, and baked at 350°F for 30–35 minutes.

Key Points

• 1.The Oreo crust uses 24 Oreos and melted butter. Pulse 275g of Oreos in a food processor for 30 seconds, add 70g unsalted melted butter, pulse 10 more seconds, press into a 9x9 pan, and freeze for 20 minutes.
• 2.The filling combines butter, cream cheese, and brown sugar for richness. Beat 113g each of unsalted butter and softened cream cheese with 220g packed brown sugar for 3 minutes, then add one egg and two teaspoons of vanilla.
• 3.Brown sugar is used exclusively because bar format prevents overspreading. Unlike cookies, which require a mix of white and brown sugar to control spread, bars hold their shape so all brown sugar can be used for extra moisture and flavor.
• 4.Chopped Oreos and two types of chocolate chips are folded into the dough. 12 quartered Oreos, 45g semi-sweet chocolate chips, and 45g white chocolate chips are gently folded in to preserve large cookie pieces.
• 5.The bars are topped with more Oreos and chocolate chips before baking. An additional 12 broken Oreos and a ¼ cup of chocolate chips are pressed on top, then baked at 350°F for 30–35 minutes until a skewer comes out mostly clean.