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 might you need?!

I examined this recipe numerous occasions to get the right texture and ratio of peanut butter to oats to chocolate, and many others and many others. 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 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 gained’t imagine they’re each gluten and dairy free! Right here’s every little 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 need to use brown sugar in case 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 Mates!
• Coconut oil: some coconut oil ensures that they’ve an ooey-gooey middle.
• Almond flour: you’ll additionally want positive, 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 chew! Be happy to make use of a chocolate bar, chocolate chunks or chips. Particular word on this beneath!
• For topping: I really like sprinkling a little bit fancy sea salt on prime (who doesn’t?!)

Find out how 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 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 should have questions on substituting components in these peanut butter oatmeal cookie bars. I all the time advocate sticking with the recipe as intently as doable for the most effective outcomes, however listed here 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 are going to work effectively. Let me know in case you strive it! Learn to make flax eggs right here.
• Can I exploit a special nut butter? The peanut butter actually provides these cookie bars an incredible 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’d not advocate utilizing common, all objective 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 likely be a lot completely different. All the time be at liberty 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 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 the entire moist components to a big bowl and blend every little 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. 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 overlook the following tips for good peanut butter cookie bars

• Pack the almond flour. You should definitely pack the almond flour identical to you’d with brown sugar. No have to 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 effectively. You must combine the moist components for no less than 30 seconds in order that the oil combines effectively with the opposite components. In any other case, you might have some oil separation (which we don’t need).
• Underbake them *barely*. The important thing to conserving 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 should definitely let the bars cool for no less than 15-20 minutes earlier than chopping into them in order that they keep collectively effectively.

Storing & freezing ideas

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 lined 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 get pleasure from, merely thaw them at room temperature.

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I hope you’re keen on these ooey-gooey peanut butter oatmeal cookie bars! For those who make them you should definitely go away a remark and a score so I understand how you preferred them. Get pleasure from, xo!

Ooey-Gooey Salted Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookie Bars

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook dinner Time 20 minutes minutes

Whole Time 35 minutes minutes

ServesServes 16 servings

Superb, 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 chew!

Substances

• 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 Substances:
• 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 prime

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 effectively mixed. This could take no less than 30 seconds to combine till easy, you do not need any oil separation.

• Add the dry components to the moist components till effectively 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 prime.

• Add the batter to the ready pan and evenly unfold out with a spatula in 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 finished baking, sprinkle with sea salt. Enable blondies to chill for 15-20 minutes earlier than chopping into so that they don’t collapse. 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 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 lined 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 get pleasure from, merely thaw them at room temperature.

Vitamin

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