GLUTEN-FREE + VEGAN SALTED CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE BARS!

This is a new recipe for chocolate chip cookie bars, and they are so so, so good! They are really easy to make and you simply press the dough into a 9 x 13-inch pan. I will be sharing more flavor variations of this recipe too. 

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To make the bars I use my favorite gluten-free flour blend recipe here on the site. I make sure to use the half amount of xanthan gum in the flour blend, which I suggest in the recipe for cookies and cakes. I also use a little melted virgin coconut oil, oat milk (or soy or almond), a really good vanilla (like Nielsen-Massey for a punch of vanilla flavor), baking powder, brown and white sugar, and Maldon sea salt.

A couple quick tips before I get to the recipe. The first is that I’ve made the cookie bars a number of times since filming the video, and you want to make sure that the dough is thick like a cookie batter, but still soft enough to spread in the pan. I found that if you mix the milk into the oil and sugar mixture, the batter comes out a little less thick and softer. This resulted in soft and slightly underbaked bars that were incredible (especially once frozen!). I also found that the bars come out a bit crisper when baked in a metal pan and a bit softer when baked in a ceramic one. I haven’t tried using a glass pan. Do with that info as you like, but if you like softer and slightly underbaked cookies than use a ceramic 9 x 13-inch baking dish/pan. I think mine is a Le Creuset pan, which I’ve had forever.

I know you’re going to want to make these cookies stat! Let me know what you think, and what flavors you’d like me to make next.

xoxo Julie

gluten-free + vegan salted chocolate chip cookie bars

These salted chocolate chip cookie bars are the bomb!

263 grams Julie’s GF flour blend (with the half amount of xanthan gum per notes on recipe)
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup melted coconut oil (virgin not refined)
1/3 cup + 2 tablespoons non-dairy milk
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
About 1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
Maldon sea salt, optional

Preheat oven to 350°F. Line and grease a 9 x 13-inch pan with parchment paper.

In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and fine sea salt. Set aside.

In bowl of stand mixer, add the brown and white sugars, and melted coconut oil. Beat until well mixed. Add the milk and vanilla and mix until smooth. Add the reserved flour mixture and beat until everything is creamed together. Stir in the chocolate chips, mixing on low.

Evenly press the cookie dough into the prepared pan. Lightly sprinkle the top with Maldon sea salt.

Bake in the preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or until center is almost firm to the touch and just leaves a little dent in the top, and the edges are lightly golden. Let bars cool completely in pan before cutting into squares.

NOTES

Gluten-Free + Vegan

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