Calvin's Cookie Butter Bars
 
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These decadent cookie butter bars are crunchy, buttery, and slathered with sweet cinnamon buttercream. And did I mention they're vegan?
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Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 10
Ingredients
  • 3/4 cup cookie butter (I used Trader Joe's brand)
  • 1/4 cup unrefined coconut oil, at room temperature
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 2/3 cup oat flour
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 cup buttery spread (I used Earth Balance)
  • 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit.
  2. Cream together cookie butter, coconut oil, and brown sugar for 1 minute. Add in vanilla extract and beat for another 30 seconds.
  3. Sift dry ingredients together in a separate bowl (oat flour, salt, baking soda).
  4. Slowly pour the dry ingredients into the wet and beat together until just incorporated.
  5. Press the dough into a well-greased 8x8 baking pan.
  6. Bake for 13-15 minutes. Let cool completely.
  7. While the bars bake, beat together the buttery spread, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and cinnamon for 1-2 minutes or until light and fluffy.
  8. Over turn the bar pan onto a cooling rack and frost with buttercream.
  9. Slice into bars and enjoy!
  10. Store at room temperature.
Recipe by Blissful Basil at https://www.blissfulbasil.com/calvins-cookie-butter-bars/