Big Batch Triple Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Bars

These chewy, moist peanut butter cookie bars are packed with 3 kinds of chocolate chips. Serious crowd pleasers in every way!

And by the way… when I say Big Batch, I mean BIG BATCH.

This recipe make 3 half-sheet jelly roll pans. You know, the big ones. The 13×18″ones that are rimmed all the way around. (These: Nordic Ware Half-Sheet Pans)

That means 72 big cookie bars, or 288 small ones!

I occasionally have to bake for a lot of people at once. That often translates to batch after batch of cookies and hours at the oven.

This deliciously easy recipe eliminates so much work, without sacrificing any flavor or texture!

And on a day like today, where my well is dry and I can’t wash these dishes after I use them, there is no other way I could have done this baking that needed to be done.

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perfect microwaved ‘baked’ sweet potato

You guys!! I can’t even handle how excited I am about this sweet potato!

Perfect Microwaved 'Baked' Sweet Potato | Sweet Anna's

I know, I know… it’s just a sweet potato. What’s the big deal, right?

Well, here’s the big deal.

I am not a huge sweet potato fan!

Ok, so I adore my microwave sweet potato chips and that’s usually the extent of my homemade sweet potatoing.

I will also rarely say no to a plate of crispy sweet potato fries with ranch to dip them in, and I do enjoy them in a sweet & spicy curry (like this Sweet Potato Coconut Chicken Curry!) but beyond that, they just sit in my cupboard in their giant Costco bag until they slowly get chipped up or tossed away eventually.

Today, I decided to try a microwaved ‘baked’ sweet potato. I wasn’t expecting much, but a quick filling lunch that was ‘tolerable’. What I got was pure bliss!

A sweet, creamy, spicy, flavorful, low-fat, gluten-free and protein-packed lunch that was so good, I was sad when it was over.

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extra festive (smaller batch) mini monster cookies

Ok, so I know this is not particularly a new recipe here on Sweet Anna’s, but it is a perfected one and something you should make ASAP.

Monster cookies are the perfect cookies for cookie exchanges, mailing treats, giving away to neighbors and friends… they are naturally gluten-free* and they freeze beautifully, so they make great gifts.

Extra Festive (smaller batch) Mini Monster Cookies | Sweet Anna's

I have been making these for years (and so have most of my family members!) and I think I finally perfected them one step further!

With the addition of Christmasy mini-m&ms, a little more coconut for extra moisture, and a smaller, shareable size, these really are perfect holiday baking cookies.

Best of all, this is my small-batch recipe, which suits my life much better than the regular huge batch.

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