Snickerdoodle Bars with Brown Sugar Frosting
Soft and gooey snickerdoodles topped with a unique brown sugar frosting. The combination you didn't know you needed, but you DO!
Ingredients
Bars
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 4 oz. cream cheese
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp fine sea salt
- 2 tsp cream of tartar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 3 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- cinnamon sugar mix ratio is personal preference
Frosting
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
Bars
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees
- Add cream cheese, butter & sugars to a standing mixer. Stir until combined, then whip on high for 1-2 minutes until lighter in color.
- Add eggs & vanilla, stir until just combined. Be sure to not over mix.
- In a separate bowl, stir together salt, cinnamon, tartar, soda & flour
- Start your standing mixer on low, slowly pour in the dry ingredients into the sugar mixture
- Stop mixing as soon as dough comes together. Be sure to not over mix
- Press the cookie dough into a greased and parchment paper-lined 9x13 pan.
- Sprinkle as much cinnamon and sugar mix on top of the uncooked bars as you desire.
- Bake for 15 minutes.
- Remove from oven & allow them to cool in the pan.
Frosting
- In a standing mixer add butter, brown sugar and powdered sugar.
- Mix on low until everything comes together
- Turn the speed up to medium-high and whip until lighter in color and texture.
- Spread on top of the cooled bars and enjoy!
Nutrition
Calories: 344kcal Carbohydrates: 45g Protein: 3g Fat: 18g Saturated Fat: 11g Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g Monounsaturated Fat: 5g Trans Fat: 1g Cholesterol: 59mg Sodium: 121mg Potassium: 95mg Fiber: 1g Sugar: 32g Vitamin A: 556IU Vitamin C: 0.003mg Calcium: 26mg Iron: 1mg