Southern Peanut Butter Bars

peanut butter

🥗Healthier: almond butter

💰Cheaper: sunflower seed butter

Almond butter provides healthy fats while sunflower seed butter is nut-free.

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil is dairy-free and adds a unique flavor.

chocolate chips

🥗Healthier: dark chocolate chips

💰Cheaper: chocolate bar chunks

Dark chocolate chips have less sugar and more antioxidants.

all-purpose flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

💰Cheaper: cake flour

Whole wheat flour adds fiber and nutrients.

Preheat the oven (temperature not specified).

In a bowl, combine white sugar, brown sugar, and butter.

Add flour and oats to the mixture and mix well to form a batter.

Spread the batter out in a pan.

Bake the batter in the oven (time not specified).

While the cookies are baking, prepare the icing by mixing powdered sugar, peanut butter, milk, and vanilla in a bowl.

Once the cookies come out of the oven, spread the icing on top of the hot cookies.

Let the icing set before serving.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

Spice Level:

Allergens