Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Bars
Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Bars Recipe a retro, vintage, and chewy snack topped with chocolate frosting. Perfect for after school or anytime.
Servings 45 bars
Calories 135kcal
Equipment
1/2 Sheet Pan
Electric Mixer
Icing Spatula
Ingredients
Bars Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup coconut oil
- 1 tsp pure vanilla
- 3/4 cup monk fruit sweetener
- 3/4 cup maple sugar
- 1 tsp powdered vanilla monk fruit find the recipe on my blog
- 2 whole eggs
- 2 cup organic peanut butter
- 1 cup peanut flour or nut flour of choice
- 1 cup cassava flour
- 2 cups gluten-free oats
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
Chocolate Frosting
- 1/2 cup coconut oil
- 2 tsp pure vanilla
- 3 1/2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp powdered expresso
- 2 1/2 cups powdered Monk Fruit
- 1/4 cup nut milk of choice
Instructions
Peanut Butter Bars
- First, preheat the oven to 350.
- Second, place parchment into the bottom of a half sheet pan ("13x 8x1" inch pan).
- Thirdly, oil the parchment.
- In a stand mixer blend together coconut oil, monk fruit sweetener, maple sugar, vanilla, and powdered vanilla monk fruit sweetener.3/4 cup coconut oil, 3/4 cup monk fruit sweetener, 3/4 cup maple sugar, 1 tsp powdered vanilla monk fruit, 1 tsp pure vanilla
- Next, blend in the eggs, and 1 cup of peanut butter.2 cup organic peanut butter, 2 whole eggs
- Finally, in a separate bowl combine peanut flour, cassava flour, oats, salt, and baking soda.1 cup peanut flour or nut flour of choice, 1 cup cassava flour, 2 cups gluten-free oats, 1/2 tsp salt, 1 tsp baking powder
- Lastly, add the flour mixture with the peanut butter mixture.
- Spread the dough out evenly on the bottom of the sheet pan and press down on the ingredients.
- Place into the oven and bake for 15 minutes.
- Carefully remove the pan and place it on a cooling rack.
- Next, carefully drop the remaining peanut butter by tablespoon fulls all over the top.
- Wait 3-4 minutes and gently spread all over the top with an offset spatula.
- It will spread easier when it began to melt a little from the heat of the bars.
- Allow the bars to cool and the peanut butter to set.
- Finally, make the frosting.
Chocolate Frosting
- First, cream coconut oil, vanilla, cocoa powder, and espresso.1/2 cup coconut oil, 2 tsp pure vanilla, 3 1/2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder, 1/2 tsp powdered expresso
- Once blended add in the monk fruit sweetener and blend.2 1/2 cups powdered Monk Fruit
- If too thick add in a tablespoon of nut milk at a time until the right consistency is gained.1/4 cup nut milk of choice
Notes
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Servings 48.0 | |
| Amount Per Serving | |
| Calories 135 | |
| % Daily Value * | |
| Total Fat 9 g | 14 % |
| Saturated Fat 4 g | 20 % |
| Monounsaturated Fat 0 g | |
| Polyunsaturated Fat 0 g | |
| Trans Fat 0 g | |
| Cholesterol 8 mg | 3 % |
| Sodium 68 mg | 3 % |
| Potassium 50 mg | 1 % |
| Total Carbohydrate 9 g | 3 % |
| Dietary Fiber 2 g | 9 % |
| Sugars 3 g | |
| Protein 5 g | 10 % |
| Vitamin A | 0 % |
| Vitamin C | 0 % |
| Calcium | 1 % |
| Iron | 5 % |
| * The Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet, so your values may change depending on your calorie needs. The values here may not be 100% accurate because the recipes have not been professionally evaluated nor have they been evaluated by the U.S. FDA. | |
Nutrition
Serving: 48g | Calories: 135kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 5g