Today, I’m sharing with you one of my favorite desserts to make. These gluten free cookie bars are delicious, easy to make, and always a crowd pleaser!

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Want to bake the perfect treat to satisfy your sweet tooth? This is it! These gluten free cookie bars are everything you want in a cookie, they’re sweet, with a crunch, and also aren’t complicated to make! Keep reading to find out how I make these fan favorite gluten free cookie bars – or as we call them – congo bars!

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Gluten Free Cookie Bars

Looking for an alternative to the classic chocolate chip cookie? This is the way to go, these gluten free congo bars are baked in an 8×8 pan and using Betty Crocker’s Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix.

Ingredients

Box of Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix
Oatmeal
Walnuts
Coconut

I also like to use this same exact recipe but instead of making congo bars, I will make cookies. It’s the same exact recipe only instead of spreading it into an 8×8 pan you just but little balls of the dough onto a cookie sheet and bake for about 20 minutes. This recipe makes a TON of cookies if you decide to do it this way!

Gluten Free Cookie Bars [Congo Bars]

These gluten free chocolate chip cookie bars, are a quick and delicious dessert that have walnuts, coconut, and oatmeal!

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Prep Time 15

Cook Time 40

Total Time 55

Course Dessert

Servings 12

Equipment

1 8×8 pan

Ingredients

1 Box Betty Crocker's Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix [1 stick butter, 1 tablespoon water, 1 teaspoon gluten free vanilla, and 1 egg]
3/4 Cup Coconut
1/2 Cup Gluten Free Oatmeal
1/2 Cup Walnuts

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350º
Soften 1 stick of butter [if it's not already soft, I put it in a large glass microwave safe bowl and microwave it for about 30-40 seconds until it begins to soften/melt] – I use the same bowl I'm going to mix everything in
Once the butter is soft, add in the gluten free oatmeal in with the butter and mix it all together, I add the oatmeal now because I just find the oatmeal tastes better this way
1/2 Cup Gluten Free Oatmeal
Now add in 1 tablespoon of water, 1 teaspoon of gluten free vanilla, and 1 egg
Mix that all together
Now pour in the box of dry chocolate chip cookie mix and mix it all together
Add in the coconut and walnuts
3/4 Cup Coconut, 1/2 Cup Walnuts
Once this is all mixed together, spray your 8×8 pan and spread the mixture evenly in the pan
Bake in the oven for about 40 minutes
Once they've cooled, I cut them into little squares like how you would serve brownies.
Enjoy!

Notes

*You can use as much or as little coconut, walnuts, and oatmeal as you’d like in this recipe- I’m obsessed with coconut so I add a bunch!*

If you can wait long enough, let them cool before cutting, because they will fall apart and crumble while they’re still hot!

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Exact Ingredients I use

buy on amazon

I usually can find this gluten free cookie mix in the normal baking aisle at your local grocery store! Sometimes it’s a little pricer on amazon, to be perfectly honest.

gluten free vanilla extract

oatmeal

I buy this gluten free oatmeal at my local grocery store too, where the regular oatmeal is. I can only find it being sold in bulk on amazon, but I posted it anyway so you can see what the packaging looks like! Or maybe you want to buy a 4 pack! Who knows!?

the only coconut i want to use!

You can use whatever type of coconut is your favorite, but this is my personal go-to!

8×8 glass dish

nonstick 8×8 pan

You can use whatever type of 8×8 pan you prefer to use, but I like to use the glass pyrex baking dish because it has a lid! It makes it extremely convenient if you’re bringing them somewhere or just to keep them fresh longer.

But I also use just a regular 8×8 pan a lot of the time and cover them up with tin foil overnight. They don’t last too long in our house anyway – they’re too delicious!

This is one of those recipes I make that is always requested! Anytime I’m going to anything this is one of the desserts my friends and family want me to bring – along with my Dangerously Delicious Dessert- Gluten Free Chocolate Trifle!

So, there’s my recipe for gluten free cookie bars, or congo bars- whatever you want to call them! Once you start making these I don’t think you’ll ever stop. They’re so delicious and don’t require a lot of work or cleanup! So, I hope this is a new recipe you can add to your collection and you’ll give these a try! And if you do, I hope you love them as much as we do! [I think you will!]

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