Soft frosted sugar cookie bars…
Made from scratch, and iced with my secretly healthy frosting recipe.
These bars are nothing short of holiday magic!
No eggs and no butter are needed for the bars, which can be refined-flour-free as well. They’re like eating a homemade frosted sugar cookie… but even better!
Iphone photos of the sugar cookie bars, straight from the oven:
Sugar Cookie Bars
Sugar Cookie Bars
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups spelt flour or white flour (or Bob’s gf plus 1/4 tsp xanthan gum) (130g)
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp plus 1/8 tsp salt
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 cup sugar or xylitol
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoons milk of choice
- 1/2 cup coconut oil or vegetable oil
- optional, homemade sprinkles
Instructions
Preheat oven to 325 F, grease an 8×8 pan, and set aside. In a mixing bowl, combine all dry ingredients and mix very well. In a separate bowl, whisk together the vanilla and milk and oil. (If using coconut oil, it’s always a good idea to gently heat your milk to room temperature first.) Pour dry into wet and mix again. Transfer to the prepared pan, and smooth out. Bake 13 minutes. They will look very underdone when you take them out, but that’s okay! Just let them cool for at least 10 minutes before touching. If desired, frost with your favorite frosting. (The frosting recipe I used is linked under the first photo in this post.)
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Cannot wait to try making these – I’m going to use all-purpose GF flour so I’ll report back for the other wheat allergy sufferers out there.
Just made these tonight. I could’ve eaten the dough all by itself. Lol. Decided to top with a few chocolate chips and cinnamon sugar instead of the frosting. Was pretty good and will definitely make again. Though I may bake just a few minutes longer. Thanks Katie!!!
Thank you Kate for your ideas on sweet things. I am diabetic so it’s hard to keep my sugar low and even if I have sweet things. Now I feel I can bake for my kids and enjoy so too. I will be sharing your website with my weight loss surgery people. I was going to have the surgery but had a heart attack and stroke a year ago. Don’t want that again. You will be one of my special people now. Thanks
I love this recipe! I was surprised how addicting and delicious it turned out, especially when I added avocado frosting. It is soooo good that my non healthy eating boyfriend went crazy over it and even asked for me to make it again. Def a winner! Love your blog!
These look soooo good! I think I will make these as soon as I can! 🙂
Hi Katie
I love your web site and was so happy to see a recipe for healthy chocolate frosting (I’ve eaten it out of the bowl!). I’m still on the hunt for a recipe for frosting to use on sugar cookies…the one you have linked on the sugar cookie bars has tofu and the soy-free version has banana, neither of which I enjoy. Do you have any other suggestions?
Best wishes and congratulations on the cookbook!
Linda
OMG, these are PERFECT! Instead of frosting them, i sprinkled a bit of cinnamon and allspice mixed with brown sugar on top of the unbaked bars and they tasted like snickerdoodles. Thanks for another great recipe Katie!
Just made these gems and they were delish! Its been over 3 years that I’ve had a sugar cookie and having my first gluten free one be a good experience makes it even sweeter. Thanks for posting. I know ill be making this again soon.
Unfortunately, self-raising flour is not an ingredient in the recipe and would definitely account for the negative turnout.
Wow I tried these today.
Came out amazing, thought you probably have to cook it for closer to around 14 minutes.
Coated the top in a little bit of melted dark chocolate.
It was amazing, will definitely try again.