These will satisfy you if you don’t have time to prepare chocolate chip cookies. They are quite simple to cook and don’t require a lot of dishes!
| Servings: | 48 |
| Yield: | 48 cookies |
Ingredients
- ¾ cup butter, melted
- 2 ¼ cups packed light brown sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 9×13 inch baking pan. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine butter or margarine and brown sugar; cool slightly. Beat in eggs, one at a time. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt; add to sugar mixture and mix well. Stir in nuts and chocolate chips.
- Pour into prepared pan. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes. When almost cool, cut into 48 squares.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 129 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 18 g |
| Cholesterol | 19 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 2 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 78 mg |
| Sugars | 12 g |
| Fat | 6 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
My Momma and I have made these for over 50 years she got the recipe from a friend from church. The only difference is we use a 12 ounce package of semi sweet chocolate chips. These are easy to make and everyone enjoys them.
I added 1 cup of coconut. Made them even yummier!
To sweet baked it for 35/40 mins and still gooy inside but hard outside. Sorry
It was a standby in my family as we grew up. I couldn’t find my mother’s recipe, but this one worked well. It does need 12 oz. semisweet chocolate chips.
My mom made these a lot when I was a kid. I double the recipe and add 1 package of chocolate chips and either a package of peanut butter chips or a package of butterscotch chips I have given these to friends and drs as gifts everyone loves them.
A little bit dry. I think it could have used more chocolate chips. I will make it again. Maybe I was expecting to taste more like a square.
I have been eating these since I was a small child and it was nice to find the recipe again. I like to make them with a couple variations, 6 ounces of chocolate chips, I add another 6 ounces of peanut butter chips or butterscotch chips. Instead of full cup of walnuts I use 3/4 cup walnuts and a 1/4 sliced almonds or pecans. A good recipe to change things up a little.
A holiday favorite of my husband! To keep soft, I store in airtight container with a slice of bread. It keeps them just baked soft. They also freeze very well!
Yum, made 24 squares by my measure
I adapted this to be gluten-free, lower sugar and a good source of iron. Substitutions: flour 1 1/2 c brown rice flour + 1 1/4 c gf all purpose (containing chick pea flour); 2 tsp baking powder + 3/4 tsp xanthan gum, dark chocolate chips, and cashews. Sugar was reduced to 1 1/4 c. Puts each square at about 10 g of sugar. Very yummy, but somewhat healthy!!
I followed the recipe and was very unimpressed. After a half hour of cooking, they were still completely doughy, so I turned the heat up to 350 and left them in for an extra 20 minutes. They still ended up doughy. (No, it’s not my oven.) Maybe they are supposed to be doughy, but we prefer things to be cooked around here. The flavor was less than desirable – quite bland. I wonder if adding a little vanilla would help it a bit.?. Either way, I won’t be trying these again. Cookies would have definitely been quicker and much tastier. Disappointing. :/
This has been a family recipe for years. My Nana used to make them and they were Pepere’s favorite desert. The recipe got passed down to my mom and she passed it down to me. It is a family favorite and I am not allowed to go to any holiday event without bringing a pan of these. I think they remind my siblings and cousins of holidays with our grandparents. I know they remind me of my mother. The only differences in our recipe is we always use margarine. I’ve tried using butter and the consistency is off every time. The other thing missing is 1-2tsp of vanilla and I use probably double the amount of chocolate chips. I’m only going to give the recipe 3 stars as is… but the way my family makes them they are 5 stars!
Just as good as they were when my mom made them for me growing up. I cut the 3/4 cup butter down to 2/3 and baked at 350 instead (still came out plenty gooey), but left it alone other than that. Wonderful recipe!
I have a recipe like this from my grandma that we used to make a lot. We added 1 tablespoon vanilla to ours! Yum.
awesome! wanted something sweet, didn’t want to wait to bake a bunch of cookies! This was perfect! I added 3/4 cup coconut, just because I love it! thanks for a great quick and easy recipe!
I have had this recipe since I was 8 years old and had lost it recently, so was so glad to find this. Just the same as my lost recipe. Thanks!
I haven’t made these in a few years but I am so glad I found the recipe again. Moist and chewy. So good, I have been making them at least once a week, and they never last long. Also, taste great with both white chocolate or butterscotch chips mixed in as well.
I have been making congo squares for many years. My mom and chef sister still can’t make them like I do. The secret is to beat each of the three eggs one at a time for three minutes each. The texture of the final product is much better and bakes lighter. Bake at 350 degrees for 28 minutes only, even if they don’t look done. Also, I use Crisco instead of butter and one 1 pound box of LIGHT BROWN sugar. When they are at room temp, they are very gooey inside. Good luck! I think if you use my tips, you too will be a congo square Queen like me! lol
My mother made these when i was a kid. (Cookies are time consuming 😉 Like cookies, don’t overbake: better a bit underdone so they’re nice and chewy when cooled. They are very, very sweet.
My mother made these when i was a kid. (Cookies are time consuming 😉 Like cookies, don’t overbake: better a bit underdone so they’re nice and chewy when cooled. They are very, very sweet.
the taste was good. the texture was a mix between a cookie and a cake and a brownie. I will def. do this one again. I didnt do anything different