20+ Dessert Bar Recipes

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20+ Dessert Bar Recipes

This list of dessert bar recipes has it all from brownies and beyond - chocolatey, fruity, cookie-based, cakey, frosted, and more!

Prep Time15

Cook Time20

Total Time35

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Author: Lil' Luna

Ingredients

Bars

1¼ cups sugar
¾ cup unsalted butter softened
1 (8-ounce_ package cream cheese, softened
1 egg
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon almond extract
1¾ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder

Frosting

3½ cups powdered sugar
½ cup unsalted butter softened
3-4 tablespoons milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
½ teaspoon almond extract
food coloring optional
sprinkles for topping (optional)

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Grease a 9x13 baking dish and set aside.
With a hand mixer, beat sugar, butter, cream cheese, and egg until well blended and a bit frothy, which should be about 2–3 minutes.
Add in the vanilla and almond extracts and mix well.
In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking soda and baking powder.
Incorporate the flour mixture into the butter mixture and beat for a few minutes. Pour into the greased baking dish and bake for 18–20 minutes. Let cool.
To make the frosting, beat together the powdered sugar, butter, milk, vanilla, and almond extracts until well combined, starting with 3 tablespoons of milk and adding more as needed to reach the desired texture. Add food coloring.
Spread over cooled cake and top with sprinkles.

Notes

Make Ahead: Make the bars as instructed, but do not frost. Store, covered tightly with plastic wrap, on the counter for 1 day or in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Frost before serving. Frosting can also be made up to 24 hours ahead of time and stored, covered, in the refrigerator; it will need to be re-whipped before spreading on the bars.

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