Malteser Soft Cookie Bars with Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
Servings: 9 cookie bars
Ingredients
Cookie Bars
- 100g (¼ cup + 3 tbsp) butter (melted)
- 100g (½ cup) brown sugar
- 1 egg (medium)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 120g gluten free flour blend (see note 1)
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 60g (2 oz) Maltesers (see note 2)
Frosting
- 100g (3½ oz) cream cheese
- 20g (3 tbsp) cocoa
- 75g (½ cup) icing / powdered sugar
- Maltesers (to decorate)
Instructions
Cookie bars:
- Pre-heat the oven to 175ºC (350ºF).
- Line an 8x8” (20cm x 20cm) pan with baking paper or foil.
- Melt the butter and set to one side until it cools a little.
- Then, beat in the sugar followed by the egg. Lastly, add the vanilla extract.
- Sift the flour and baking powder together and then stir into the wet ingredients, just until combined.
- Chop your Maltesers into small pieces and stir through the batter.
- Pour into the prepared pan and bake for around 18-20 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely.
Frosting:
- Sift the icing (powdered) sugar and cocoa together and add to the cream cheese.
- Beat until nice and smooth.
- Spread over the top of the cookies.
- Cut into nine cookie bars, and then pop a few Maltesers on top, if you like. Enjoy!
Notes
I have converted grams to cups/ounces/tablespoons using online converters. Although I have no reason to believe they are inaccurate, please be aware that I have not made this recipe with imperial measurements
- These cookie bars first appeared on my former blog, The Culinary Jumble. The original recipe was made with a gluten free flour blend, but you could use all-purpose or spelt instead (although I have not used anything other than GF flour).
- Maltesers are not gluten free. Omit these if you are following a gluten free diet.
