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 just like brownies, however as an alternative of cocoa they function vanilla and, often, brown sugar. We wished 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 sudden: macadamia nut butter!

Macadamia nuts are an excellent supply of monounsaturated fat, and a quarter-cup of macadamias gives 77 p.c of your each day manganese requirement and 28 p.c 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

Substances

• 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

Instructions

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. Mix till a crumbly combination types. Add the liquid sweetener to style.

Whisk the eggs and add them to the bowl. Combine till a thick batter types.

Fold within the chocolate chips and macadamia nuts. If the nuts are giant, you possibly can 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. High with further chocolate and nuts if desired.

Bake for 25 to twenty-eight minutes, or till the perimeters are barely golden. Permit the bars to chill earlier than slicing 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.

Dietary Info (1/9 of blondie recipe):

Energy: 318
Fats: 28 g
Complete Carbs: 20 g
Web 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 may add extra or fewer drops of liquid sweetener relying on how candy you’d just like the bars to be.
• Be happy to make use of your favourite chocolate chips or chopped-up chocolate bar. We used keto-friendly chocolate chips, however 85 or 90 p.c darkish chocolate works nicely too.
• This recipe has solely been examined with Brad’s macadamia nut butter, however in lieu of it, you can strive utilizing half nut butter and half coconut butter. The consistency of the bar might differ barely.
• We used refined coconut oil, however you too can use virgin coconut oil for those who’d choose a stronger coconut taste.

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Concerning the Creator

A meals blogger, recipe developer, and private chef primarily based in Missouri, Priscilla focuses on low-carb, Paleo, gluten-free, keto, vegetarian, and low FODMAP cooking. See what she’s cooking on Priscilla Cooks, and observe her meals adventures on Instagram and Pinterest.

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