raspberry  CHOCOLATE CHIP OATMEAL BARS

GLUTEN FREE

In a mixing bowl, cream together the SunButter and the melted butter (or coconut oil). Add the flax seed meal, vanilla, maple syrup, baking powder, and sea salt. 

ONE

Add dark chocolate chips, and fold in to combine.

THREE

Press HALF of the cookie dough into a parchment-lined baking pan. Use wet hands or a pastry roller to form an even layer.

FOUR

Add the raspberries and arrowroot to a bowl, and mash into a filling. Add the raspberry filling to the top of the layer of cookie dough in the pan.

FIVE

Spoon the remaining cookie dough over the raspberry layer in mounds. Use wet hands to pull the dough out to cover the raspberry layer. Try not to press the dough down, which will push the raspberry layer out. Instead, try to flatten the dough by pulling it towards the sides of the pan.

SIX

Bake the cookies for 18 minutes. The cookies might look under baked, but they will have an incredible cookie-dough like texture! Wait until the bars fully cool prior to slicing them into bars.

BAKE!

No Raspberries?: Bummer, that’s a shame! You can sub your favorite raspberry jam for these cookies, use frozen raspberries, or even sub finely chopped strawberries or mashed blackberries. If you MUST, bake these Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie Bars with no filling.

MAKE IT YOUR OWN

 You’ll flip over these healthy, delicious Raspberry Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie Bars. A vegan oatmeal cookie base is filled with dark chocolate chips, and baked with a layer of raspberry filling in the middle. A cookie lover’s dream!