Description
Indulgent Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Bars blend creamy peanut butter with rich chocolate for an irresistible treat. Chocolate drizzle and crumbly cookie base promise a delightful dessert that satisfies sweet cravings with pure deliciousness.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 cups oat flour (or all-purpose flour, heat-treated)
- 1 ½ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
Flavor Enhancers:
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
Optional/Topping Ingredients:
(none)
Instructions
- Craft the foundational cookie dough by blending creamy peanut butter with softened butter and rich brown sugar until the mixture becomes airy and voluminous.
- Infuse the mixture with vanilla extract and a whisper of salt, then gently fold in oat flour until a delicate, crumbly texture emerges.
- Introduce milk incrementally, working the dough until it coheres into a smooth, pliable consistency reminiscent of classic cookie dough.
- Prepare a square baking vessel by draping parchment paper, ensuring generous overhangs for effortless extraction.
- Transfer the peanut butter dough into the lined pan, using a spatula to distribute the mixture evenly and create a uniform surface.
- Melt chocolate chips and additional peanut butter together using a microwave, stirring between brief heating intervals until the mixture transforms into a glossy, seamless blend.
- Cascade the molten chocolate-peanut butter mixture across the prepared dough layer, carefully spreading to achieve complete coverage.
- Relocate the pan to the refrigerator, allowing the bars to set and solidify for a minimum of two hours.
- Once completely chilled, lift the dessert from the pan using the parchment edges and slice into precise, tantalizing squares.
- Serve the bars directly from the refrigerator or permit them to soften slightly at room temperature for a more luxurious texture.
Notes
- Customize the flour by swapping oat flour with almond or coconut flour for gluten-free options, ensuring the same crumbly texture.
- Control the sweetness by reducing brown sugar or using a sugar substitute like monk fruit sweetener for lower-carb diets.
- Enhance protein content by adding a scoop of vanilla or peanut butter protein powder directly into the cookie dough mixture.
- Keep bars fresh by storing in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to one week, preventing chocolate from melting and maintaining perfect texture.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 2 hours
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 16
- Calories: 200
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 70 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 22 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 15 mg