Treasure Chest Cookie Bars Paleo

Name: Treasure Chest Cookie Bars Paleo
Prep time: 7 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 32 min
Ingredients: 1 ¼ cup almond flour; 1 tbsp coconut flour; 1 ½ tsp baking powder; 1 tsp unflavored gelatin powder; ¾ cup sweetener of choice: coconut sugar for paleo (or Erythritol for low carb (I used Swerve)); ¼ cup unsweetened shredded coconut; 7 tbsp butter (melted); 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 lg egg; 1 egg white; 2 tbsp unsweetened dried cranberries; ½ tbsp orange zest; 2 tbsp finely chopped walnuts *optional; ⅓ cup chocolate chips (use sugar free chips or chopped low carb chocolate bar, or enjoy life chips for paleo.)

8 January, 2017 by Stacey 38 Comments

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Treasure Chest Cookie Bars Paleo-

These Treasure Chest Cookie Bars Paleo are, gluten free, grain free, low carb and so darn yummy.

Treasure Chest Cookie Bars Paleo are gluten-free, grain-free, and have a low carb version. Yummy cookie bars that are loaded with a treasure chest of goodies inside them.

Chocolate chips, walnuts, shredded coconut, orange zest, and dried cranberries are the tasty loot in these cookie bars.

These treats could definitely cause friends and family to loot the entire pan of them. Sorry about the pirate jokes, I can’t seem to help myself. But these treats are actually a make-over my mom’s much-loved treasure chest cookie recipe.

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Treasure Chest Cookie Bars Paleo or Low Carb:

Ingredients;

1 ¼ cup almond flour
1 tablespoon coconut flour
1 ½ teaspoon baking powder, this brand is corn free
1 teaspoon unflavored gelatin powder
¾ cup sweetener of choice: use coconut sugar for paleo, or for low carb use ¾ cup Swerve sweetener (erythritol or other low carb granular sweetener equivalent)
¼ cup unsweetened shredded coconut
7 tbsp butter, melted, or coconut oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 lg egg
1 egg white
2 tablespoon unsweetened dried cranberries
½ tablespoon orange zest
2 tablespoon finely chopped walnuts *optional
⅓ cup chocolate chips of choice: for low carb use sugar free chocolate chips (I used Lilly's Brand), or for Paleo use Enjoy life chocolate chips .

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 F, and grease or oil an 8×8 baking pan or 9-inch loaf pan (for thicker cookies
In a large mixing bowl mix: almond flour, coconut flour, shredded coconut, orange zest, granulated sweetener, baking powder, and gelatin. Mix together until combined.
Add whole egg, egg white, vanilla extract, and melted butter. Mix together thoroughly.
Fold in chocolate chips, dried cranberries, and walnuts.
Spread cookie bar dough evenly over the bottom of the baking sheet and bake for 20 to 30 minutes or until the center is done and a toothpick comes out clean. Let cookie bars cool completely before cutting and serving.

Nutritional Data for Low Carb Version (using Swerve sweetener and Lilly's baking chips): Yield: 12, Serving Size: 1 bar, Cal: 169, Carbs: 5 g, Net Carbs: 2 g, Fiber: 3 g, Fat: 15 g, Protein: 4 g, Sugars: 2 g, Sodium: 174 mg.

*all nutritional data are estimates based on the products I used*

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Treasure Chest Cookie Bars Paleo

Stacey

Treasure Chest Cookie Bars are gluten free, paleo and low carb cookie bar treats with tasty treasures inside.

5 from 5 votes

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Prep Time 7 mins

Cook Time 25 mins

Total Time 32 mins

Course cookies, Dessert, treats

Cuisine American

Servings

Calories 169 kcal

Ingredients

1 ¼ cup almond flour
1 tablespoon coconut flour
1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon unflavored gelatin powder
¾ cup sweetener of choice: coconut sugar for paleo or Erythritol for low carb (I used Swerve)
¼ cup unsweetened shredded coconut
7 tablespoon butter melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 lg egg
1 egg white
2 tablespoon unsweetened dried cranberries
½ tablespoon orange zest
2 tablespoon finely chopped walnuts *optional
⅓ cup chocolate chips use sugar free chips or chopped low carb chocolate bar, or enjoy life chips for paleo.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 F, and grease or oil an 8×8 baking pan or 9 inch loaf pan (for thicker cookies
In a large mixing bowl mix: almond flour, coconut flour, shredded coconut, orange zest, granulated sweetener, baking powder, and gelatin. Mix together until combined.
Add whole egg, egg white, vanilla extract and melted butter. Mix together thoroughly.
Fold in chocolate chips, dried cranberries and walnuts.
Spread cookie bar dough evenly over the bottom of the baking sheet and bake for 20 to 30 minutes or until center is done and toothpick comes out clean. Let cookie bars cool completely before cutting and serving.