Buttermilk Bars with Chocolate Chips
A simple bar made with pantry ingredients is a sweet and tasty way to use that last dab of buttermilk. Between a cookie, cake and blondie in texture, your whole family will love these treats!
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter salted or unsalted
- 1 cup brown sugar light brown or dark brown
- 1 egg
- 1¼ cups self-rising flour
- ¼ cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ½ cup mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Melt butter over low heat on cooktop or in microwave.
- Stir in remaining ingredients except chocolate chips until well blended.
- Stir in chocolate chips.
- Add batter to a 9"x9" baking pan which has been lined with parchment paper and sprayed with baking spray.
- Bake at 325° for 25 minutes or until center is set and corners just start to come away from pan corner.
- Dust with powdered sugar, if desired.
- All to cool and then remove from pan using parchment paper.
- Cut into 20 bars.
Notes
If butter is melted in a container large enough for all ingredients the bars can be stirred up using just one bowl/dish.
Whole fat buttermilk is recommended, but can be substituted with low fat.
Bars can be left plain or garnished with a dusting of powdered sugar, or a light glaze.
Nutrition
Calories: 139kcalCarbohydrates: 20gProtein: 2gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 21mgSodium: 49mgPotassium: 31mgFiber: 1gSugar: 14gVitamin A: 169IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 22mgIron: 1mg
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