Oatmeal Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars

peanut butter

🥗Healthier: almond butter

💰Cheaper: sunflower seed butter

Almond butter offers similar flavor with less sugar.

honey

🥗Healthier: maple syrup

💰Cheaper: agave nectar

Maple syrup provides a different flavor profile while being a natural sweetener.

brown sugar

🥗Healthier: coconut sugar

💰Cheaper: white sugar

Coconut sugar has a lower glycemic index.

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

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

Preheat oven to 350

Cream together softened butter with white sugar and brown sugar until light and fluffy

Add in the peanut butter, egg and vanilla

Mix until combined

In a separate bowl sift together the flour, baking soda and salt - to this add the oats

Pour in the dry ingredients to the wet and mix until almost combined but not totally

Add in the chocolate chips and peanut butter chips, mix gently

Line a square pan with parchment paper

Scoop the batter into the baking pan and press into all the corners so its even

Bake for 15-20 minutes, bake a minute or two less than what 'done' would be for a chewier cookie bar texture

Remove from the oven, let it cool for 30 minutes then transfer to a baking rack by lifting up on the parchment paper

Serve by cutting in to squares!

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