Coconut Flour Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bars

While on a mission to find a healthy treat that is gluten free for my grandson I came across a recipe for pumpkin bars. I decided to try and make it gluten free and this is what I came up with.

Coconut Flour Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bars

Ingredients:

1/2 C coconut flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1 tsp cinnamon

3 eggs

1/3 C butter milk

1/3 C honey or another sweetener (maple syrup, agave syrup)

2 1/2 table spoons butter

1 tsp vanilla

1/3 C pumpkin puree 

1/3 C Chocolate Chips

Directions: Preheat oven to 350 deg. Spray a 9x9 baking dish. 

Mix Coconut flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and chocolate chips together in a medium bowl.

Blend eggs, butter milk, sweetener, butter, vanilla and pumpkin together then add to dry ingredients. Mix well. press into baking dish. Bake 20-25 minutes until the bars spring back when touched. It has a definite coconut flavor. 

Hope you enjoy. What kind of bake goods do you like to snack on during the winter season?

Oatmeal Bars

This is a family favorite. The recipe can be made as cookies but I like to make them bars which take less time and with such a busy schedule we can all use an extra 5 minutes in our day.

Oatmeal Bars/Cookies 

1 cup butter, softened

1 cup white sugar

1 cup packed brown sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

3 cups quick cooking oats

In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and both sugars. Then beat in two eggs, add vanilla and mix well.

Combine flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon; stir into the creamed mixture. Mix in oats. Cover, and chill 

dough for at least one hour.

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease  cake pan. Press dough into pan. Bake 20  to 30 minutes until lightly brown on edges and tooth pick comes out clean. 

Allow to cool for 5 to 10 minutes before cutting. Transfer to a plate or wire rack.

If you would like cookies instead - grease your cookie sheets. Roll the dough into walnut sized balls, and place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets. Flatten each cookie with a large fork dipped in sugar.

Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack or plate.

Please enjoy!