Your favourite chocolate chip cookies, however simpler? We needed to do it, mates! These vegan, gluten-free chocolate chip cookie BARS have all the flavour, however there’s no chilling, no scooping, and no hand mixer concerned! Simply stir, unfold, and bake.
Plus, simply 8 elements and 1 bowl required! They’re really easy it virtually appears fallacious…however they’re so proper: completely candy, chewy, buttery, and studded with melty chocolate chunks. Seize your favourite mixing bowl and let’s bake!
How you can Make Vegan Gluten-Free Cookie Bars
These vegan + gluten-free cookie bars begin with a flax egg for binding, brown sugar for its sweetness and skill to create crispy edges, and melted vegan butter and vanilla for traditional cookie flavors!
After whisking them collectively, we transition to the dry elements! Our gluten-free flour mix is the gluten-free G.O.A.T. for mimicking the feel of all-purpose flour, whereas baking powder provides some carry and sea salt enhances all of the flavors.
Then there’s only one extra required ingredient — arguably an important of all of them: chocolate chips or chunks! We additionally like including walnuts for a little bit crunch, however should you’re not a nuts-in-cookies particular person, simply do you.
We hope you LOVE these cookie bars! They’re:
Chewy
Buttery
Tender
Completely candy
Studded with chocolate
& Undetectably vegan + gluten-free!
Pair with a glass of dairy-free milk and also you’ll be in cookie magic land. Or if the climate is chilly, strive them with our 5-Minute Vegan Scorching Cocoa or 5-Minute Caffeine-Free Chai.
Extra Recipes for Chocolate Chip Cookie Lovers
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Servings 16 (Bars)
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- 1 Tbsp flaxseed meal (to make flax egg)
- 2 ½ Tbsp water (to make flax egg)
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar (or sub coconut sugar with completely different outcomes — see notes)
- 1/2 cup melted vegan butter (we used Miyoko’s)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 ⅓ cup MB 1:1 GF Mix* (or one other gluten-free mix)
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips or chunks (guarantee dairy-free as wanted // we like Take pleasure in Life)
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (non-obligatory however really helpful)
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Preheat your oven to 350 levels F (176 C) and line an 8 x 8-inch baking pan with parchment paper. Put aside.
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To a medium mixing bowl, add flaxseed meal and water and let relaxation for five minutes to thicken. Subsequent, add brown sugar, melted vegan butter, and vanilla. Whisk nicely to mix — the combination ought to develop into cohesive.
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Subsequent, fold within the GF flour mix, baking powder, and sea salt. Lastly, stir within the chocolate chips and non-obligatory walnuts till simply mixed.
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Pour the combination into the lined baking pan and bake for 25-28 minutes till the perimeters are golden brown and the middle is golden. Let cool at room temperature for a minimum of 20 minutes earlier than slicing into bars. The longer they sit, the higher they are going to maintain their form…though we do like to take pleasure in them barely heat!
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Retailer in an hermetic container at room temperature for as much as 3-4 days or within the freezer for as much as 1 month.
*We most well-liked the flavour and texture of brown sugar over coconut sugar. The brown sugar made the bars chewy whereas the coconut sugar gave them a extra healthful taste and cakey, barely crumbly texture.
*If not gluten-free, you possibly can strive all-purpose flour rather than the gluten-free flour mix. We suggest beginning with 1 ¼ cups, including extra as wanted to attain the consistency of the batter within the video.
*Vitamin data is a tough estimate calculated with out non-obligatory elements.
Serving: 1 bar Energy: 148 Carbohydrates: 20.9 g Protein: 0.7 g Fats: 7.1 g Saturated Fats: 5.1 g Polyunsaturated Fats: 0 g Monounsaturated Fats: 0 g Trans Fats: 0 g Ldl cholesterol: 0 mg Sodium: 135 mg Potassium: 34 mg Fiber: 0.7 g Sugar: 12.7 g Vitamin A: 0 IU Vitamin C: 0 mg Calcium: 31 mg Iron: 0.8 mg
