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!
Equipment
- 1 8x8 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 350ยบ
- 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 way1/2 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 walnuts3/4 Cup Coconut, 1/2 Cup Walnuts
- Once this is all mixed together, spray your 8x8 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!