Macadamia Nut Cookie Bars (Keto and Paleo!)

These macadamia nut cookie bars are our tackle a traditional blondie recipe. Blondies have extra enjoyable, proper?

Blondie bars are much like brownies, however as a substitute of cocoa they characteristic vanilla and, normally, brown sugar. We needed ours to be a Primal, paleo, and keto-friendly dessert recipe, so these bars get their signature taste from monk fruit sweetener and one thing cool and surprising: macadamia nut butter!

Macadamia nuts are a superb supply of monounsaturated fat, and a quarter-cup of macadamias offers 77 % of your every day manganese requirement and 28 % of your copper. And don’t even get us began on their creamy texture, which makes these blondie cookie bars all of the extra decadent.

Macadamia Nut Cookie Bar Recipe

Makes: 9 bars

Time within the kitchen: 10 – quarter-hour prep time + 25 minutes to bake

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup Brad’s Macadamia Masterpiece nut butter
• 3 Tbsp. softened refined coconut oil (see Notes)
• 1/2 Tbsp. vanilla extract
• 1 tsp. milk of selection
• 1 cup + 2 Tbsp. almond flour
• 1/3 cup granulated monk fruit sweetener
• 1 1/2 Tbsp. floor chia seeds
• 3/4 tsp. coconut flour
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• About 4 drops liquid monk fruit or stevia
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup keto-friendly darkish chocolate chips or chocolate chunks (see Notes)
• 1/3 cup macadamia nuts

Matcha Latte:
1 cup milk of selection
2 scoops Primal Kitchen Matcha Collagen Keto Latte

Directions

Preheat your oven to 350 levels Fahrenheit (175 levels Celsius). Grease a small sq. baking dish (ours was 7-inch x 7-inch).

In a bowl, combine collectively the macadamia nut butter, coconut oil, vanilla extract, and milk. Add the almond flour, granulated sweetener, floor chia seeds, coconut flour, and salt. Combine till a crumbly combination kinds. Add the liquid sweetener to style.

Whisk the eggs and add them to the bowl. Mix till a thick batter kinds.

Fold within the chocolate chips and macadamia nuts. If the nuts are massive, you may roughly chop them earlier than including them to the combination.

Pour the batter into the greased baking dish and unfold utilizing a spatula so it’s uniform in thickness. Top with extra chocolate and nuts if desired.

Bake for 25 to twenty-eight minutes, or till the perimeters are barely golden. Allow the bars to chill earlier than reducing into 9 bars.

Serve with a matcha latte! To make, heat your milk in a small saucepan. Add the Primal Kitchen Matcha Collagen Keto Latte combine and whisk to mix or use a frothing wand.

Nutritional Information (1/9 of blondie recipe):

Calories: 318
Fat: 28 g
Total Carbs: 20 g
Net Carbs: 8 g
Protein: 8 g

Notes:

• These bars are even higher as soon as they’re refrigerated. For a gooier, softer bar, bake for barely much less time.
• You can add extra or fewer drops of liquid sweetener relying on how candy you’d just like the bars to be.
• Feel free to make use of your favourite chocolate chips or chopped-up chocolate bar. We used keto-friendly chocolate chips, however 85 or 90 % darkish chocolate works effectively too.
• This recipe has solely been examined with Brad’s macadamia nut butter, however in lieu of it, you would attempt utilizing half nut butter and half coconut butter. The consistency of the bar could differ barely.
• We used refined coconut oil, however you may as well use virgin coconut oil when you’d desire a stronger coconut taste.

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Description

This tackle a paleo and keto-friendly blondie bar recipe is sweetened with monk fruit options macadamia nut butter.

1/4 cup Brad’s Macadamia Masterpiece nut butter
3 Tbsp. softened coconut oil
1/2 Tbsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. milk of selection
1 cup + 2 Tbsp. almond flour
1/3 cup granulated monk fruit sweetener
1 1/2 Tbsp. floor chia seeds
3/4 tsp. coconut flour
1/4 tsp. salt
About 4 drops liquid monk fruit or stevia
2 eggs
1/2 cup keto-friendly darkish chocolate chips or chocolate chunks
1/3 cup macadamia nuts

Matcha Latte:
1 cup milk of selection
2 scoops Primal Kitchen Matcha Collagen Keto Latte

Preheat your oven to 350 levels Fahrenheit (175 levels Celsius). Grease a small sq. baking dish (ours was 7-inch x 7-inch).

In a bowl, combine collectively the macadamia nut butter, coconut oil, vanilla extract, and milk. Add the almond flour, granulated sweetener, floor chia seeds, coconut flour, and salt. Combine till a crumbly combination kinds. Add the liquid sweetener to style.

Whisk the eggs and add them to the bowl. Mix till a thick batter kinds.

Fold within the chocolate chips and macadamia nuts. If the nuts are massive, you may roughly chop them earlier than including them to the combination.

Pour the batter into the greased baking dish and unfold utilizing a spatula so it’s uniform in thickness. Top with extra chocolate and nuts if desired.

Bake for 25-28 minutes, or till the perimeters are barely golden. Allow the bars to chill earlier than reducing into 9 bars.

Serve with a matcha latte! To make, heat your milk in a small saucepan. Add the Primal Kitchen Matcha Collagen Keto Latte and whisk to mix or use a frothing wand.

Notes

These bars are even higher as soon as they’re refrigerated. For a gooier, softer bar, bake for barely much less time.

You can add extra or fewer drops of liquid sweetener relying on how candy you’d just like the bars to be.

Feel free to make use of your favourite chocolate chips or chopped-up chocolate bar. We used keto-friendly chocolate chips, however 85 or 90 % darkish chocolate works effectively too.

This recipe has solely been examined with Brad’s Macadamia Masterpiece, however in lieu of it, you would attempt utilizing half nut butter and half coconut butter. The consistency of the bar could differ barely.

We used refined coconut oil, however you may as well use virgin coconut oil when you’d desire a stronger coconut taste.

• Prep Time: 10 minutes
• Cook Time: 25-28 minutes
• Category: Dessert

Nutrition

• Serving Size: 1/9 of recipe
• Calories: 318
• Fat: 28 g
• Carbohydrates: 20 g
• Fiber: 12 g
• Protein: 8 g
• Net Carbs: 8 g

Keywords: Macadamia cookie bars, Blondie bars, Keto desserts, Paleo desserts

About the Author

A meals blogger, recipe developer, and private chef based mostly in Missouri, Priscilla makes a speciality of low-carb, Paleo, gluten-free, keto, vegetarian, and low FODMAP cooking. See what she’s cooking on Priscilla Cooks, and comply with her meals adventures on Instagram and Pinterest.

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