Baking Encyclopedia

Brownies & bars

10 recipes

Brown Butter Rice Crispy Treats

Brown Butter Rice Crispy Treats

Nutty browned butter, a generous hit of marshmallow, and a handful stirred in at the last second for gooey pockets. These stay soft and chewy for days instead of turning into a brick overnight.

25 min
GF
Brookies

Brookies

A fudgy, chocolate-packed brownie base with a buttery chocolate chip cookie layer patched over the top, baked together in one pan. You get both desserts in every square, with a ribbon where the two meet.

61 min
GF
Chewy Oat & Granola Bars

Chewy Oat & Granola Bars

Toasted oats bound with butter, honey, and brown sugar, then baked just long enough to set into bars that bend instead of crumble. One pan, no special equipment, and endlessly adaptable to whatever fruit and chocolate you have on hand.

45 min
GF
Classic Cheesecake Bars

Classic Cheesecake Bars

All the dense, tangy richness of a real baked cheesecake, in a sliceable bar with a thick buttery graham crust. No springform pan, no water bath, no cracked top to apologize for.

90 min
GF
Seven-Layer Magic Bars

Seven-Layer Magic Bars

A buttery graham crust layered with chocolate, butterscotch, toasted coconut, and pecans, all welded together by a can of sweetened condensed milk. Seven ingredients, one pan, zero mixer.

55 min
GF
Mixed Berry Crumb Bars

Mixed Berry Crumb Bars

A buttery shortbread base, a thick layer of jammy summer berries, and a craggy golden crumb top — all from one bowl of dough. They slice clean, travel well, and taste like pie without any of the rolling.

85 min
GF
Classic Lemon Bars

Classic Lemon Bars

A thick layer of tart, silky lemon curd baked right onto a buttery press-in shortbread crust. They cut into clean, bright yellow squares and taste even better cold from the fridge.

80 min
GF
Cakey Brownies

Cakey Brownies

Tall, tender brownies with a soft cake crumb and deep cocoa flavor, finished with a thin matte crust. All the chocolate of a classic brownie, with a lighter bite.

52 min
GF
Brown Butter Blondies

Brown Butter Blondies

Deeply caramel, chewy-edged blondies built on nutty browned butter and dark brown sugar. One bowl, one whisk, and a crackly paper-thin top.

50 min
GF
Deep-Dish Fudgy Brownies

Deep-Dish Fudgy Brownies

Dense, glossy-topped brownies built on both cocoa and real melted chocolate, so they taste as dark as they look. One bowl, one whisk, and a center that stays gloriously soft.

50 min
GF