A healthier Peanut Butter Cup Blondie? Yes, its possible! Less sugar, less fat, but still the blondie flavor I love! They are also gluten free (Yes, Reese Peanut Butter Cups are gluten free). If your not a fan of peanut butter cups, you could substitute for your favorite chocolate bar. You don’t need much, a few of the fun sized bars chopped up is plenty. You still get the flavor, but it keeps the calories down.
Low Fat Peanut Butter Cup Blondies
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Makes 16 squares
Author: Kristine Fretwell
Recipe type: Snack
Yield: 16 bars
Ingredients
- 1¼ cup oat flour*
- ½ cup stevia baking formula (or 12-14 packets of stevia)
- ½ cup sucanat (palm coconut sugar, or another raw brown sugar)
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp sea salt
- 3 Tbsp mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ¼ cup natural peanut butter (smooth or chunky)
- ¼ cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 Tbsp unsweetened vanilla Almond Breeze (or milk of choice)
- 1 egg
- 2 egg whites (I used carton egg whites)
- 4 fun size Reese peanut butter cups (or 2½ large ones), roughly chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray an 8x8 pan with cooking spray.
- In one bowl mix together oat flour, stevia, baking powder, salt & chocolate chips.
- In a separate bowl, lightly beat egg & egg whites, add sucanat, vanilla, applesauce & milk. Whisk until sugar dissolved. Add in peanut butter and mix until blended.
- Add the wet mixture to the dry and stir until combined.
- Pour into prepared pan and place peanut butter cup pieces on top.
- Bake for 19-20 minutes until firm to the touch and a toothpick comes almost clean.
Notes
* To make oat flour, just grind up old fashioned or quick oats in a blender or food processor.
Nutrition
Serving size: 1 square Calories: 112 Fat: 5 g Carbs: 17 g Sugar: 8 g Sodium: 70 mg Fiber: 3 g Protein: 3.5 g