Easy Peanut Butter Chip Cookie Bars

Easy cookie bars using refrigerated cookie dough and those all-American mainstays of the pantry - peanut butter and chocolate chips.

Easy Peanut Butter Chip Cookie Bars
Ingredients

• 1 (18 ounce) package refrigerated sugar cookie dough
• 1 cup peanut butter  
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 cup mini chocolate chips

Instructions
 Step 1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line an 8-inch-square baking pan with heavy duty aluminum foil.

 Step 2
Slice off 1/3 the dough, creating 2 portions. Pat the bigger portion into the bottom of the prepared pan. Reserve the smaller portion for topping.

 Step 3
Combine peanut butter and vanilla extract in a bowl. Beat using an electric mixer on low speed until creamy. Add confectioners' sugar slowly, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating well after each addition. Add chocolate chips.

 Step 4
Drop spoonfuls of the peanut butter mixture onto the cookie dough in the baking pan and pat down to cover the dough. Crumble reserved dough into pebble-like chunks; drop over the peanut butter layer. Pat down slightly.

 Step 5
Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden, about 30 minutes. Let cool in the pan. Lift cookies out by the aluminum foil and cut into bars.

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