OMG these ooey-gooey salted chocolate chunk peanut butter oatmeal cookie bars. A mouthful, sure, however a completely scrumptious mouthful.

These infants are like a combo of your favourite peanut butter and oatmeal cookie baked right into a gooey, scrumptious blondie. That, plus puddles of darkish chocolate in each chunk.

What extra might you need?!

I examined this recipe numerous occasions to get the right texture and ratio of peanut butter to oats to chocolate, and so forth and so forth. Belief me once I say these peanut oatmeal butter cookie bars are perfection. Take pleasure in as-is or with a aspect of ice cream for the perfect dessert to share with mates.

What you’ll must make these peanut butter oatmeal cookie bars

These epic, gluten free peanut butter cookie bars have golden, crisp, cookie-like edges and gooey facilities that make that impossible to resist. You received’t consider they’re each gluten and dairy free! Right here’s all the pieces you’ll must make them:

• Eggs: you’ll simply want two eggs in these peanut butter oatmeal cookie bars.
• Coconut sugar: we’re naturally sweetening them with coconut sugar, however you should utilize brown sugar for those who’d like.
• Peanut butter: remember to use a pure, creamy peanut butter for the right texture. Use the code ‘AMBITIOUS15’ to get 15% off my favourite model, Wild Buddies!
• Coconut oil: some coconut oil ensures that they’ve an ooey-gooey heart.
• Almond flour: you’ll additionally want effective, blanched almond flour to maintain them gluten free and provides them the correct texture.
• Oats: we’re utilizing rolled oats in these bars as a result of oatmeal cookies = love.
• Baking staples: you’ll additionally want vanilla extract, baking soda & salt.
• Chocolate: gotta have these darkish chocolate puddles in each chunk! Be happy to make use of a chocolate bar, chocolate chunks or chips. Particular be aware on this beneath!
• For topping: I really like sprinkling slightly fancy sea salt on high (who doesn’t?!)

How you can simply maintain them gluten free & dairy free

To maintain these peanut butter chocolate chunk cookie bars gluten & dairy free merely use gluten free rolled oats and dairy free chocolate!

The important thing to melty darkish chocolate

I like to recommend chopping up a darkish chocolate bar into chocolate chunks as a result of they are going to soften even higher than common chocolate chips or chunks.

Ingredient substitution FAQ

As with all recipes, I do know a lot of you’ll have questions on substituting components in these peanut butter oatmeal cookie bars. I at all times suggest sticking with the recipe as intently as potential for the perfect outcomes, however listed here are some swaps I can suggest (and a few that I don’t suggest):

• Can I make them vegan? I haven’t examined these peanut butter cookie bars utilizing flax eggs, however I do suppose they are going to work properly. Let me know for those who attempt it! Learn to make flax eggs right here.
• Can I exploit a special nut butter? The peanut butter actually offers these cookie bars a tremendous taste, however I feel an almond or cashew butter would additionally work.
• Is there a swap for the coconut oil? Be happy to make use of melted and cooled butter or vegan butter.
• Can I exploit common flour? Sadly, no, I might not suggest utilizing common, all function flour and can’t suggest an alternative to the almond flour.
• What about metal minimize oats? I additionally can’t suggest utilizing metal minimize oats as the feel will probably be a lot completely different. At all times be happy to make use of gluten free rolled oats although.

Need thicker cookie bars?

For those who like your peanut butter oatmeal cookie bars extra “oat-y” and thicker, be happy to make use of 3/four cup of rolled oats as a substitute of 1/2 cup. I personally want utilizing 1/2 cup.

Ooey-gooey peanut butter oatmeal cookie bars in a single bowl

1. Prep your pan & oven. Preheat your oven to 350 levels F and line an 8×Eight inch pan with parchment paper to forestall sticking.
2. Combine the moist. Add all the moist components to a big bowl and blend all the pieces till it’s tremendous clean.
3. Add the dry. Slowly combine the dry components into the moist components till properly mixed. Then fold within the chocolate chunks (reserving some for the highest).
4. Bake ’em up. High your cookie bars with extra chocolate chunks and bake!
5. Cool & serve. Sprinkle the bars with some fancy sea salt proper out of the oven, then cool them fully, slice and serve them up.

Don’t neglect the following tips for good peanut butter cookie bars

• Pack the almond flour. You’ll want to pack the almond flour similar to you’d with brown sugar. No must pack the coconut sugar.
• Use room temp components. Ensure your coconut oil is totally cooled and your eggs are room temperature earlier than utilizing them in order that they don’t coagulate.
• Combine the moist components properly. You need to combine the moist components for not less than 30 seconds in order that the oil combines properly with the opposite components. In any other case, you could have some oil separation (which we don’t need).
• Underbake them *barely*. The important thing to maintaining these peanut butter cookie bars gooey and scrumptious is to barely underbake them. Take them out as quickly as the sides are getting barely golden brown. They’ll set extra as you allow them to cool.
• Cool earlier than chopping. You’ll want to let the bars cool for not less than 15-20 minutes earlier than chopping into them in order that they keep collectively properly.

Storing & freezing suggestions

1. To retailer: I’d suggest leaving them on the counter for not more than a day or two, after which storing the peanut butter oatmeal cookie bars coated within the fridge. They’re scrumptious straight from the fridge!
2. To freeze: permit the peanut butter cookie bars to chill fully, then minimize them as directed. Wrap particular person cookie bars in plastic wrap, then in foil or a reusable bag. Freeze for as much as Three months. When able to get pleasure from, merely thaw them at room temperature.

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Ooey-Gooey Salted Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookie Bars

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Prepare dinner Time 20 minutes minutes

Complete Time 35 minutes minutes

ServesServes 16 servings

Wonderful, ooey gooey peanut butter oatmeal cookie bars made with a mixture of almond flour and rolled oats for the right texture. These gluten free peanut butter cookie bars are naturally sweetened with coconut sugar and have puddles of darkish chocolate in each chunk!

Components

• Moist components:
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup (154g) coconut sugar (or sub brown sugar)
• ¾ cup (192g) pure creamy peanut butter
• ¼ cup (56g) melted and cooled coconut oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Dry Components:
• 1 cup (112g) packed effective almond flour
• ½ cup (48g) rolled oats (if you’d like them thicker/extra oat-y you are able to do ¾ cup however I want ½ cup)
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup (125g) darkish chocolate chunks or chocolate chips (dairy free if desired), divided
• Fancy Maldon Salt, for sprinkling on high

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 levels F. Line an 8×8 inch pan with parchment paper.

• In a big bowl, combine collectively eggs, coconut sugar and peanut butter till clean and creamy. Subsequent add within the melted and cooled coconut oil and vanilla and blend collectively once more till it is extremely clean and properly mixed. This could take not less than 30 seconds to combine till clean, you do not need any oil separation.

• Add the dry components to the moist components till properly mixed: almond flour, oats, baking soda and salt. Lastly fold in ¾ cup of the chocolate chunks/chips, you’ll reserve ¼ cup for sprinkling on high.

• Add the batter to the ready pan and evenly unfold out with a spatula in the direction of the sides. Sprinkle the highest with remaining ¼ cup chocolate chunks. Bake for 20-25 minutes till the sides are BARELY golden brown. The trick with these blondies is to barely underbaked them so that they keep good and fudgy and gooey. As soon as executed baking, sprinkle with sea salt. Enable blondies to chill for 15-20 minutes earlier than chopping into so that they don’t disintegrate. Reduce into 16 squares.

Recipe Notes

To make vegan: I haven’t examined these with 2 flax eggs (2 tablespoons flaxseed meal + 6 tablespoons water) however I feel they might work properly.
I like to recommend utilizing a chocolate bar to chop your personal chocolate chunks, they soften amazingly into every chunk of the bar.
To retailer: I’d suggest leaving them on the counter for not more than a day or two, after which storing the cookie bars coated within the fridge. They’re scrumptious straight from the fridge!
To freeze: permit the cookie bars to chill fully, then minimize them as directed. Wrap particular person cookie bars in plastic wrap, then in foil or a reusable bag. Freeze for as much as Three months. When able to get pleasure from, merely thaw them at room temperature.

Diet

Serving: 1barEnergy: 269calCarbohydrates: 26.1gProtein: 5.6gFats: 18.1gSaturated Fats: 7.1gFiber: 3.1gSugar: 19.7g