Gingerbread Bars / #ChristmasCookiesWeek

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These Gingerbread Bars make a flavorful addition to your cookie trays and tins! Colorful Cookie tins with a mix of cookies and a bar or two make the perfect gift! These bars come together easily, and although I used white chocolate chips in the batter, they would taste great with semisweet or milk chocolate also!

Add sprinkles right after taking the bars from the oven for a festive and fun look!

Gingerbread Bars
(printable recipe at end of page)

3/4 cup Flour 
2 teaspoons Cocoa Powder
2 teaspoons ground Ginger
1 teaspoon ground Cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground Cloves
1/8 teaspoon ground Nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1/4 cup unsalted Butter, softened
1 cup firmly packed dark brown Sugar
1/4 cup Molasses
2 Eggs
1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 teaspoon very hot tap water
1 cup White Chocolate Chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix the flour, cocoa powder, ground ginger, ground cinnamon, ground cloves, ground nutmeg and salt together in a medium bowl.

Cream the brown sugar, and butter together with a mixer. Add in the molasses, and then the eggs. Beat until smooth.

Place the hot water in a small bowl. Add the baking soda, and stir to dissolve.

Add half of the flour mix to the wet batter and stir together. Stir in the baking soda/water mix, then stir in the remainder of the flour mix. Add in the chocolate chips.

Pour batter into an 8x8 pan sprayed with cooking spray. Bake for 20-22 minutes. Let cool completely before cutting.

Thank you for joining me today, and thank you for stopping by this past week for #ChristmasCookieWeek. Wasn't it fun?! I had a blast sharing some of my family specialties with all of you, and I hope you found some cookie recipes that you like and that they become a part of your family Christmas celebration for years to come! 

I have a lot more holiday recipes coming up, so don't be a stranger! Stop by next week for some simple candy recipes! They would be nice tucked in to your cookie tins!

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