Ooey-Gooey Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookie Bars

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 on and so on. Belief me once I say these peanut oatmeal butter cookie bars are perfection. Get pleasure from as-is or with a aspect of ice cream for the perfect dessert to share with buddies.

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 every part 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 in the event you’d like.
• Peanut butter: you should definitely use a pure, creamy peanut butter for the right texture. Use the code ‘AMBITIOUS15’ to get 15% off my favourite model, Wild Associates!
• Coconut oil: some coconut oil ensures that they’ve an ooey-gooey heart.
• Almond flour: you’ll additionally want positive, blanched almond flour to maintain them gluten free and provides them the precise 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 word on this under!
• For topping: I really like sprinkling somewhat fancy sea salt on high (who doesn’t?!)

Methods to simply hold 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 may soften even higher than common chocolate chips or chunks.

Ingredient substitution FAQ

As with all recipes, I do know lots of you should have questions on substituting elements 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 below 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 may work properly. Let me know in the event you strive it! Learn to make flax eggs right here.
• Can I exploit a unique nut butter? The peanut butter actually provides 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 goal flour and can’t suggest an alternative to the almond flour.
• What about metal reduce oats? I additionally can’t suggest utilizing metal reduce oats as the feel can be a lot totally different. All the time be at liberty to make use of gluten free rolled oats although.

Need thicker cookie bars?

In case you like your peanut butter oatmeal cookie bars extra “oat-y” and thicker, be at liberty to make use of 3/4 cup of rolled oats as a substitute of 1/2 cup. I personally desire 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 8×8 inch pan with parchment paper to forestall sticking.
2. Combine the moist. Add all the moist elements to a big bowl and blend every part till it’s tremendous easy.
3. Add the dry. Slowly combine the dry elements into the moist elements till properly mixed. Then fold within the chocolate chunks (reserving some for the highest).
4. Bake ’em up. Prime 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 pointers for excellent peanut butter cookie bars

• Pack the almond flour. Be sure you pack the almond flour identical to you’d with brown sugar. No must pack the coconut sugar.
• Use room temp elements. Make certain 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 elements properly. It’s best to combine the moist elements for at the very least 30 seconds in order that the oil combines properly with the opposite elements. In any other case, you’ll have some oil separation (which we don’t need).
• Underbake them *barely*. The important thing to preserving these peanut butter cookie bars gooey and scrumptious is to barely underbake them. Take them out as quickly as the perimeters are getting barely golden brown. They’ll set extra as you allow them to cool.
• Cool earlier than chopping. Be sure you let the bars cool for at the very least 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 lined within the fridge. They’re scrumptious straight from the fridge!
2. To freeze: enable the peanut butter cookie bars to chill fully, then reduce them as directed. Wrap particular person cookie bars in plastic wrap, then in foil or a reusable bag. Freeze for as much as 3 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

Cook 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!

Elements

• Moist elements:
• 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 Elements:
• 1 cup (112g) packed positive almond flour
• ½ cup (48g) rolled oats (in order for you them thicker/extra oat-y you are able to do ¾ cup however I desire 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 easy and creamy. Subsequent add within the melted and cooled coconut oil and vanilla and blend collectively once more till it is vitally easy and properly mixed. This could take at the very least 30 seconds to combine till easy, you don’t want any oil separation.

• Add the dry elements to the moist elements 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 direction of the perimeters. Sprinkle the highest with remaining ¼ cup chocolate chunks. Bake for 20-25 minutes till the perimeters 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 accomplished baking, sprinkle with sea salt. Permit blondies to chill for 15-20 minutes earlier than chopping into so that they don’t disintegrate. Minimize 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 may 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 lined within the fridge. They’re scrumptious straight from the fridge!
To freeze: enable the cookie bars to chill fully, then reduce them as directed. Wrap particular person cookie bars in plastic wrap, then in foil or a reusable bag. Freeze for as much as 3 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