# Cranberry Pecan Cookie Bars

Soft and buttery cookie bars packed with dark brown sugar, browned butter, pecans, and dried cranberries.

- Servings: 24 bars
- Prep time: 10 min
- Total time: 35 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Dessert
- Diet: vegetarian
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 2 cups dark brown sugar
- 2 large egg, cold
- 2 tbsp vegetable or canola oil
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg, freshly grated
- 1 1/4 tsp kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/4 cups sweetened dried cranberries
- 1 1/2 cups chopped toasted pecans
- 1 tbsp turbinado sugar
- 1 pinch flaky salt (optional)

## Instructions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees and butter a 9-by-13-inch metal baking pan. Line the pan with a piece of parchment paper that hangs over two of the sides.
2. Melt the butter in a small skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally until the milk solids turn golden brown and smell toasty.
3. Immediately pour the hot butter into a large heatproof bowl, add the brown sugar and whisk for about 30 seconds. Add the eggs, oil, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt, and whisk until smooth.
4. Whisk in the baking powder and baking soda, then fold in the flour with a spatula. When streaks of flour remain, add the cranberries and 1 cup of the pecans. Stir until combined.
5. Transfer dough to the prepared pan and pat into an even layer. Sprinkle the remaining 1/2 cup pecans, turbinado sugar, and optional flaky salt over the dough. Bake until just set and light brown around the edges.
6. Set the pan on a wire rack to cool completely before lifting out with the parchment paper to slice.

## Source

- Original video: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1027120-cranberry-pecan-cookie-bars
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/5f3462c5-2349-4f03-ad3d-1deff8b44044
- Extracted: 2026-10-06

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