Gooey Snickerdoodle Bars

If you like Snickerdoodle cookies, you'll love Snickerdoodle bars. They have the same great taste without having to form each cookie.  The bars are soft and gooey with a layer of cinnamon sugar in the center and icing over the top.

Bars

1 c. butter, room temperature
1 1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. brown sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
2 1/2 c. flour

Cinnamon Sugar

2 Tbs. sugar
1 1/2 Tbs. cinnamon

Glaze

1 1/4 c. powdered sugar
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
2 Tbs. melted butter
2 to 3 Tbs. milk
1 tsp. vanilla

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°. Grease or spray the bottom of a 9 x 13-inch pan. Set aside.

In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter, sugar and brown sugar until it is light and fluffy. Scrape the bowl down to make sure that everything is thoroughly mixed in. 

Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Pour in the vanilla.

With the mixer on low, add the baking powder and then the flour. The batter will be thick.

Spread half of the batter on the bottom of prepared pan. 

In a small bowl, combine the sugar and cinnamon together.  Sprinkle the mixture over the top of the bar layer. 

Using a small spoon, place the remaining bar batter over the top of the cinnamon sugar mixture evenly. Try to cover the top as much as you can without mixing it into the cinnamon sugar layer.

Bake for 25 minutes.  Remove from oven and allow the cake to cool completely. 

When the Snickerdoodle bars are cool, it is time to make the glaze.  

In a medium bowl, combine the powdered sugar, milk and vanilla.  You'll want it to be the consistency of a runny glaze. Not too runny and not so stiff that it is like icing.  When you get the consistency of paint, that will be about right. 

Drizzle the glaze over the top of the bars.  The glaze is what makes these bars become  gooey bites of deliciousness.