Essential Bar Cookie Equipment

This article is a part of the L.A. Times 2022 Holiday Bar Cookies. 9-by-13-inch baking pans: To make bar cookies, you obviously need a pan to bake them in. Equipment and pans used to make bar cookies baked by Ben Mims in the Los Angeles Times Test Kitchen. Metal binder clips: Those handy clips that keep office papers in stacks without the need for staples are just as handy when baking bar cookies. Get our 2022 Holiday Bar Cookie recipes: Candied Ginger Lebkuchen Time 1 hour 30 minutes Yields Makes 4 dozen Salted Peppermint and Macadamia Biscotti Time 2 hours Yields Makes about 2 1/2 dozen Almond Mocha Shortbread Time 45 minutes, plus 1 hour unattended Yields Makes 4 dozen Sticky Toffee Date Bars Time 1 hour Yields Makes 4 dozen Rubied Orange Trifle Blondies Time 3 hours 30 minutes, mostly unattended Yields Makes 32 Eggnog Caramel Brownies Time 1 hour 30 minutes, plus 1 hour unattended Yields Makes 2 dozen