Ooey-Gooey Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookie Bars

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

What extra may you need?!

I examined this recipe numerous instances to get the proper texture and ratio of peanut butter to oats to chocolate, and many others and many others. Trust me after I say these peanut oatmeal butter cookie bars are perfection. Enjoy as-is or with a aspect of ice cream for the most effective dessert to share with pals.

What you’ll have to 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! Here’s every thing you’ll have to 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 use brown sugar when you’d like.
• Peanut butter: you’ll want to use a pure, creamy peanut butter for the proper texture. Use the code ‘AMBITIOUS15’ to get 15% off my favourite model, Wild Friends!
• Coconut oil: some coconut oil ensures that they’ve an ooey-gooey middle.
• Almond flour: you’ll additionally want nice, 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 chew! Feel free to make use of a chocolate bar, chocolate chunks or chips. Special be aware on this beneath!
• For topping: I like sprinkling a little bit fancy sea salt on prime (who doesn’t?!)

How to simply hold them gluten free & dairy free

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

The key to melty darkish chocolate

I like to recommend chopping up a darkish chocolate bar into chocolate chunks as a result of they’ll 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 advocate sticking with the recipe as carefully as potential for the most effective outcomes, however listed below are some swaps I can advocate (and a few that I don’t advocate):

• Can I make them vegan? I haven’t examined these peanut butter cookie bars utilizing flax eggs, however I do suppose they’ll work effectively. Let me know when you strive it! Learn the best way to make flax eggs right here.
• Can I take advantage of a unique nut butter? The peanut butter actually provides these cookie bars a tremendous taste, however I believe an almond or cashew butter would additionally work.
• Is there a swap for the coconut oil? Feel free to make use of melted and cooled butter or vegan butter.
• Can I take advantage of common flour? Unfortunately, no, I might not advocate utilizing common, all function flour and can’t advocate an alternative to the almond flour.
• What about metal minimize oats? I additionally can not advocate utilizing metal minimize oats as the feel will probably be a lot completely different. Always be at liberty to make use of gluten free rolled oats although.

Want thicker cookie bars?

If you want 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 an alternative of 1/2 cup. I personally choose 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. Mix the moist. Add the entire moist components to a big bowl and blend every thing till it’s tremendous easy.
3. Add the dry. Slowly combine the dry components into the moist components till effectively mixed. Then fold within the chocolate chunks (reserving some for the highest).
4. Bake ’em up. Top 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 overlook these tips for good peanut butter cookie bars

• Pack the almond flour. Be certain to pack the almond flour identical to you’ll with brown sugar. No have to pack the coconut sugar.
• Use room temp components. 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.
• Mix the moist components effectively. You ought to combine the moist components for not less than 30 seconds in order that the oil combines effectively with the opposite components. Otherwise, you might have some oil separation (which we don’t need).
• Underbake them *barely*. The key to retaining 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 slicing. Be certain to let the bars cool for not less than 15-20 minutes earlier than slicing into them in order that they keep collectively effectively.

Storing & freezing tips

1. To retailer: I’d advocate 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 3 months. When able to take pleasure in, merely thaw them at room temperature.

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Ooey-Gooey Salted Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookie Bars

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes minutes

Total Time 35 minutes minutes

ServesServes 16 servings

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

Ingredients

• Wet 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 Ingredients:
• 1 cup (112g) packed nice almond flour
• ½ cup (48g) rolled oats (if you would like them thicker/extra oat-y you are able to do ¾ cup however I choose 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 prime

Instructions

• 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. Next add within the melted and cooled coconut oil and vanilla and blend collectively once more till it is extremely easy and effectively mixed. This ought to take not less than 30 seconds to combine till easy, you don’t want any oil separation.

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

• 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 in order that they keep good and fudgy and gooey. Once performed baking, sprinkle with sea salt. Allow blondies to chill for 15-20 minutes earlier than slicing into in order that they don’t disintegrate. Cut 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 believe they may work effectively.
I like to recommend utilizing a chocolate bar to chop your individual chocolate chunks, they soften amazingly into every chew of the bar.
To retailer: I’d advocate 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 3 months. When able to take pleasure in, merely thaw them at room temperature.

Nutrition

Serving: 1barCalories: 269calCarbohydrates: 26.1gProtein: 5.6gFat: 18.1gSaturated Fat: 7.1gFiber: 3.1gSugar: 19.7g