No Added Sugar Chocolate Chip Cookie Bar
Buttery sweet goodness- need we say more?
Ingredients & Directions
Ingredients
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1 stickmelted unsalted butter
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1 cupsugar free sweetener (we used 1/2 cup granular erythritol and 1/2 cup brown sugar replacement)
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4 ozcream cheese, softened
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1 tbspvanilla extract
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2eggs, room temperature
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2 cupsalmond flour
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1⁄4 cupcoconut flour
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1 tspbaking soda
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1 tspkosher salt
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1⁄2 tspxanthan gum
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1 cupLILY'S Semi-Sweet Style Chocolate Chips (or more!)
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pinchflakey sea salt to finish
Directions
Equipment Needed
oven
parchment paper
large bowl
hand mixer
whisk
spatula
baking pan
wire rack
1
Preheat oven to 350F. Grease a 8x8 or 9x9 pan, then line with parchment.
2
In a large bowl, cream together sweetener and warm butter with a hand mixer until light and fluffy about 5 minutes.
3
Add in the cream cheese, vanilla extract, ad continue mixing together until there are no lumps of cream cheese, about 3-5 minutes.
4
Add in eggs one at a time until completely incorporated, but don't over mix.
5
In a separate bowl, whisk together almond flour, coconut flour, salt, baking soda, and xanthan gum.
6
Combine the wet and dry ingredients, folding together the batter with a rubber spatula. Don't over mix.
7
Fold in the LILY'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips, reserving some for the top.
8
Spread the batter into the prepared baking pan and smooth the top to even it out.
9
Press in the remaining chocolate chips all over the top.
10
Bake for 25-30 minutes, until a toothpick comes out mostly clean, and the edges are lightly browned.
11
Sprinkle with flakey sea salt, and allow to cool in the pan for 10 minutes, before transferring to a wire cooling rack for at least 1 hour before cutting and serving.
12
Cut in, and enjoy! This makes 12 large size bars or 16 medium sized bars.
Recipe contributed by Afullliving.