Description
Irresistible peanut butter cookie dough bars combine creamy layers of sweet indulgence with rich chocolate. Chocolate chips and smooth peanut butter create a delightful dessert you cannot resist.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups oat flour (or all-purpose flour, heat-treated)
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 1 ½ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 2 tbsps milk
- 2 tbsps creamy peanut butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp salt
Instructions
- Mixing Base: Whip peanut butter, butter, and brown sugar until fluffy and light, creating a smooth foundational mixture.
- Flavor Enhancement: Incorporate vanilla extract and salt, then blend oat flour until the mixture develops a crumbly consistency, ensuring even distribution of ingredients.
- Dough Preparation: Gradually add milk, kneading the mixture until it transforms into a cohesive, pliable cookie dough with perfect texture.
- Pan Setup: Line a square baking pan with parchment paper, allowing generous overhangs for easy removal of the finished dessert.
- Layer Formation: Spread the peanut butter dough evenly across the prepared pan, pressing gently to create a uniform base with smooth edges.
- Chocolate Topping: Melt chocolate chips and peanut butter together in the microwave, stirring between short intervals until achieving a silky, glossy consistency.
- Final Assembly: Pour the chocolate-peanut butter mixture over the dough layer, spreading carefully to ensure complete and even coverage.
- Chilling and Setting: Refrigerate the bars for a minimum of two hours, allowing the layers to solidify and flavors to meld completely.
- Serving: Remove from refrigerator, lift the dessert using parchment edges, slice into precise squares, and serve chilled or allow slight tempering for a more indulgent texture.
Notes
- Customize Dough Texture: Adjust milk quantity carefully to achieve desired cookie dough consistency, preventing overly sticky or crumbly results.
- Prevent Chocolate Separation: Melt chocolate and peanut butter slowly and gently, stirring consistently to maintain smooth, glossy chocolate layer without grainy texture.
- Storage and Freshness: Store bars in airtight container within refrigerator for maximum 5-7 days, keeping them chilled to preserve structural integrity and prevent rapid softening.
- Dietary Modifications: Substitute oat flour with gluten-free alternatives like almond or coconut flour, and use dairy-free chocolate chips for vegan-friendly version while maintaining similar rich, creamy texture.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 2 hours
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 17
- Calories: 220
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 14 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 23 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 15 mg