My husband had to go on a business trip.
He got to go to Spain…his hotel was on the beach…and the temperatures there were in the low 80’s.
Tough stinkin’ life. Meanwhile I held down the fort.
My girlfriends and I were talking though…when husbands go out of town, they pack, they kiss the family goodbye and they head out…
When the mom leaves for a trip, heck, for even an afternoon…the amount of preparation is insanity…
Pack school lunches, your child doesn’t like tuna…REMEMBER? Bus at 8:00, please dress in matching clothes, homework, sports practices, VEGETABLES WITH DINNER…
When dad leaves, no notes left, no clothes laid out Garanimals-style, no teeth-brushing reminders…
How freeing must THAT be? So yeah, he went to Spain and life didn’t change all that much.
Except for the fact that we all missed him.
And of course upon his return I decided to make him a treat…combining 2 of his favorites:
White Chocolate and Snickerdoodles.
I know, I’m the best.
White Chocolate Ganache filled Snickerdoodle Bars.
These are super impressive, and equally delicious.
And hello, brown sugar snickerdoodle? YESSSSSS.
How To Make Snickerdoodle Bars
- Whisk your dry ingredients all together and set aside.
- Make the batter with butter, eggs, vanilla…adding in your dry ingredients last.
- Line and grease a jelly roll pan and spread the batter in the pan. It will be sticky, so do your best!
- Bake that and let it cool completely in the pan.
- Meanwhile go ahead and make your white chocolate ganache.
- Melt some white chocolate chips with heavy cream.
- Once it’s melted set it aside to cool for an hour-ish. It will need to be a spreadable consistency, but not too loose.
- Loosen your cookie from the pan by running a knife around the edges. And invert it onto a large cutting board.
- Cut the cookie in half with a sharp spatula or sharp knife…
- I even cut off the edges, because I’m OCD and wanted all my bars to look equally pretty.
- Spread the white chocolate to about 1/2 inch from the edge of one half of the cookie and place the other half on top.
- Cover and let that chill for a while until the ganache is completely set…and then cut into bars!
White Chocolate Ganache Filled Snickerdoodle Bars
Description
Makes approx 24 bars
Ingredients
Cookie
- 1 3/4 cups flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla
Filling
- 2 cups white chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°
- Butter a 10×15″ jelly roll pan (baking sheet with sides), then line the bottom of the pan with parchment and then butter the paper and dust with flour. This is very important so the cookie doesn’t stick…trust me. Set aside.
- Whisk together flour, salt and cinnamon. Set aside.
- In the bowl of your stand mixer cream the butter and brown sugar together for 3 minutes until light and fluffy. Add in eggs and vanilla and stir until incorporated and smooth.
- Turn mixer to low and add you flour mixture until evenly mixed.
- Spread the dough into your prepared pan. It will be very sticky, so do your best.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes until golden and a toothpick comes out clean from the middle.
- Allow to cool completely in pan on a wire rack.
- While cookie is cooling prepare your ganache filling.
- Over a double boiler combine white chips and cream. Melt together stirring occasionally.
- Once just melted, transfer bowl to a wire rack to cool for about an hour. You want a spreadable consistency, not too loose, not too stiff.
- When everything is cooled run a knife around the edges of the cookie pan, loosening the cookie. You might even need to run a spatula under the cookie at the edges.
- Invert the pan onto a large cutting board.
- With a sharp spatula or knife cut the cookie in half. I even cut the edges off the cookie, so all the bars would be equally pretty.
- Spread the cooled ganache onto one of the cookie halves, spreading to about 1/2 inch from the edge. Place the other cookie half on top. Chill for at least an hour, until ganache is completely set.
- Cut into squares.
Notes
cover and store airtight for up to 3 days.
You could also sprinkle cinnamon sugar all over the top of the cookie before baking to get that rolled sugar look of a snickerdoodle!
you are the best! Seriously, you husband is lucky! He gets home from an awesome trip like that AND he gets these bars!
They are beautiful and man they sound so good!
Omg. Seriously. I don’t think people are saying ‘omg’ anymore, but these bars warrant an OMG.
These are my 2 favorite things! It’s like you read my mind 😉
Yes, when husbands go out of town, meh. When I go out of town, holy crap, laundry must be pre-done & dinners must be pre-cooked. Must be nice to be a boy!
They’re gorgeous! White choc and snickerdoodles are two huge faves of mine! I have a white choc snickerdoodles cookie recipe and lots of buttery, brown sugar-based cookies. And white choc..yes, please! They look incredible, Shelly! If I could go to Spain and come home to these, I’d be living THE LIFE! 🙂 Pinned!
shelly, these look amazing! actually, to be honest, i’m not a huge snickerdoodle person, but i’m going to take the white choc ganache idea and use it for other cookie bars. thanks! you rock, as always.
How cute are these?!
Oh, and yes, the going out of town thing totally blows my mind. I went out of town a couple weeks ago. Had two dinners prepped and ready (with VEGGIES) for him in the fridge, directions on how to make additional meals, breakfast items stocked up, everything taken care of, notes everywhere…
He leaves on a business trip, just gets to walk out the door. No worries hun, I’ll go buy the dog food and lug it up two flights of stairs because I know we forgot to get that while you were still here… Hummm…
Yup, I’ll be making his favorite treats for his return too 🙂 funny how that works.
Truth. Was just thinking about it as I have a couple conferences this year and the planning and scheduling I need to do BEFORE I go. UGH. I wish he made ME these bars when i got home! LOVE snickerdoodles AND white chocolate!
seriously this is too good. I swear I have everything on hand to make this now. So temped to make these tripled layered bars with white, dark and milk chocolate
These look soooo awesome! Love that filling!
Seriously in love with these! Your husband is a lucky man!
these look amazing. such a genius idea… and sooo yummy! i love how few ingredients these require, too – i think i might bake a batch this afternoon! 🙂