This weekend my friend April came over to watch the Oscars with me. Since the event goes on forever and ever, I thought it would be nice to have some baked treats to snack on. 
However there was one small catch, April is allergic to gluten and can't have anything made with regular wheat flour. So I went in search of something gluten-free and found a bunch of great looking recipes. However only one really stood out in my mind. It was ridiculously simple looking, required no unusual ingredients or different types of flour and contained peanut butter and chocolate chips. Talk about a no-brainer. If you want to give these a try (hey, why not celebrate National Peanut Butter Lover's Day?), then check out the recipe for flourless peanut butter bars. To see full step by step pictures, read more
Flourless Peanut Butter Bars
From Celiac Chicks
I was a little dubious about this recipe, but they turned out tasty and were super-easy. They're so simple to whip up, they'd make a great treat for any gluten-free occasion.
16 oz natural peanut butter (the kind with peanuts only, no added sugar!)
2 eggs
2 tsp baking soda
1 cup spun honey (aka creme honey, but regular honey is okay too)
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a stand mixer, combine all of the ingredients and mix until blended.
Note: If you do not have a stand mixer, a large bowl with hand mixer will work well. If you do not have either, you can mix by hand but it will be gooey and difficult.
- Pour mixture onto ungreased cookie sheet, using a spatula to spread the batter to cover entire pan.
Note: Thinking a brownie like concoction would be better than a cookiebar, I ended up using a cake pan. However the middles were too gooey for my liking. People devoured them nonetheless, but if you don't want to fiddle with the cooking time/temp, then I recommend sticking with bars.
- Top with chocolate chips if desired. You could also top with peanuts, or swirl in jam.
- Bake for about 15 minutes or until bars are golden brown.
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Yum. Anything with PB is good to me!
1Looks delicious! Will definitely try! thanks
2That looks so good! I will have to make those on one of my cheat days...
3This looks a fabulous recipe. I always love your 52 Weeks entry. One of these days, I am going to do it.
4My two favs peanut butter and chocolate...I am making those tonight! YUMMY!
5Yummy. I can smell them from here.
6Is she allergic or does she have celiac? Because Celiac is not an allergy to gluten. Allergies produce a histamine response celiac is an autoimmune disease and produced an immune response.
But these look delicious my husband is celiac and I think he would love them!
7I tried this, people--it's a winner!
8I'm not sure which she is actually. All I know is that all wheat products are off the list and that she usually brings her own rice crackers to parties.
9I only asked because there is so much misinformation out there about Celiac, so sometimes I get up on my little soap box and dont even realize it.
10yummms.
11They were yum. Yum. Yum. Life sucks without a mixer (obvs, I don't have one).
12WOW! I tried this recipe yesterday for a little party we were throwing and they were a HUGE hit. Everybody loved them! I even ended up making a second batch! GREAT recipe... and so simple to do.
13Hey SU3, so glad you enjoyed it! It's amazing how easy they whip up isn't it?
14DEFINITELY! nobody could believe how fast I whipped up the second batch.. highly HIGHLY recommended for anyone who's looking for a simple but DELICIOUS recipe!
15yummmmmy i want to make these!! is there anyway i can just use regular JIF pbutter?
16Can anybody say YUMMY?!
17Mcnals - you can try, but I believe the way the oil separates help, also there's a lot of extra sugar added in non-natural pb. If you do try it, you might want to omit the honey and add some oil. Give it a go and let us know how it turns out!
18want to gain a zillion kilos? Eat this! lol
19No offense, they are DELICIOUS, but just one square is enough for a week. (if you want to maintain your weight)
or am i exagerating a little bit?
Okay so I was worried at first about the taste but reading on seems may have tried and fell in love..well I'm about to take the pluge also. I'll fill you in on how this weekend goes, I was excited about this being diabetic this is fantastic for me!
20looks good! i cant have gluten either...so this looks great! thanks YumSugar!
21Awesome! Totally making these for the bridal shower I'm throwing tonight - Bride to be needs Gluten free!
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