These Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars are perfectly soft & chewy, made healthier with oat flour & no oil, and they are absolutely delicious! (Recipe adapted from the Chocolate Chip Coconut Oil Cookie Bars in Ashley Melillo's book Blissful Basil).
PREP TIME: 10 minutesminutes
COOK TIME: 25 minutesminutes
TOTAL TIME: 35 minutesminutes
Servings: 9
Ingredients
150g / 1¾cupsrolled oats, or quick oats, (be sure to buy certified gluten-free oats if necessary)
110g / ½cupcashew butter(almond butter is ok as a sub and peanut butter would work too if you don't mind a peanut taste coming through - For a nut-free option use SunButter)
100g / ¾cupcoconut sugar(other brown sugar would work too but for the very best flavour use coconut sugar)
1teaspoonvanilla extract
1½teaspoonbaking powder
¼teaspoonsalt
3tablespoonsaquafaba(liquid from a can of chickpeas)
60mls / 4 tablespoons / ¼cupplant-based milk
65gdairy-free semi-sweet chocolate chips
INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat oven to 350°F and line an 8 x 8 pan with baking parchment, leaving enough paper around the edge to act as a handle. A little bit of oil under the parchment paper helps to keep it in place when you are spreading out the dough later but isn't essential if you don't have any).
Add all of the other ingredients except the chocolate chip and process until smooth, scraping down the sides once about halfway through.
Stir through the chocolate chips then spoon the batter into the prepared tin.
Spread the batter out evenly so it reaches the sides. It will be sticky and resist but that's normal. I find a silicone spatula or the back of a metal spoon work well for this.
If you want to make them look a little prettier scatter a few extra chocolate chips over the top so they can be seen once baked.
Bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes. Leave to cool in the tin for at least 15 minutes before trying to remove.
Once completely cool, cut into pieces. A pizza cutter or a long sharp knife do a great job of this.
NOTES
These bars are awesome served warm straight from the oven but they will fall apart when you try cutting them. If you can live with that then go for it!If you want to serve a bar or two warm at a later date, my son recommends microwaving them for 20 seconds.