2020-04-27 11:52:27
Total Time: 15m
Yield: 24-30 bars
Ingredients
·
2 cups peanut butter OR
allergy-friendly sub
·
1/2 cup applesauce
·
2 tsp pure vanilla
extract
·
3/4 cup flour, such as
oat, white, spelt, sorghum, or even almond
·
1 tbsp baking soda
·
1/4 tsp salt
·
1 cup sugar, unrefined
if desired (or xylitol for sugar-free)
·
1/2 cup or more
chocolate chips – I used 1/2 cup in the batter, plus more on top
·
up to 1/2 cup milk of
choice, as needed
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 F. Line a 9×13 pan with parchment. Stir
together all ingredients to form a batter (see the video above if you want to
watch the bars being made). Add milk of choice to achieve a cookie-dough-like
batter – the amount needed will depend on the flour and type of nut butter you
use. Smooth batter into the pan. If desired, press more chocolate chips on top.
Bake 15-18 minutes on the center rack. They’ll look way underdone – let them
cool for at least an hour, during which time they firm up, and they firm up
even more overnight (covered loosely on the counter).
The bars are or can be egg-free, dairy-free,
vegan, gluten-free, paleo, keto, and refined-sugar-free. If you
need them to be nut-free, just swap out the peanut butter for your favorite
allergy-friendly alternative, such as sunflower butter or pumpkin seed butter.
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