Description
These ValentineSmores Gingerbread Cookie Bars offer a delightful combination of spiced gingerbread, chocolate, and fluffy meringue, making them a perfect, easy treat to brighten any occasion.
Ingredients
- Unsalted Butter
- Brown Sugar
- Granulated Sugar
- Egg
- Molasses
- Vanilla Extract
- All-Purpose Flour
- Baking Soda
- Ground Spices (Cinnamon, Ginger, Allspice, Nutmeg)
- Salt
- Semisweet Chocolate Chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven and prepare loaf pan with parchment paper.
- Brown the butter in a heavy saucepan until golden, then let cool.
- Whisk together browned butter, sugars, egg, molasses, and vanilla.
- Sift dry ingredients and fold into wet mixture.
- Stir in chocolate chips.
- Spread dough in pan and bake for about 25 minutes until golden.
- Cool completely in pan before removing.
- Prepare meringue by warming egg whites and sugar over simmering water, then beat until stiff peaks form.
- Pipe meringue on cooled bars and toast with a kitchen torch.
Notes
Store bars in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
For longer storage, freeze in an airtight container for up to 3 months.
Ensure eggs are at room temperature for better mixing.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bar
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 35g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 50mg