Grain-Free Magic Cookie Bars
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups almond meal
1/2 cup nut butter or coconut oil
8 to 14 oz. of sweetened almond or coconut milk
1 1/3 cup coconut flakes, finely shredded, no sugar added
1 cup chopped pecans (optional)
1 2/3 cups chocolate chips
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a food processor or with a fork, combine almond meal with nut butter or oil.
- Press the almond meal mixture in a well greased 9 x 13 " Pyrex dish.
- Pour the sweetened almond or coconut milk over the top of the almond mixture.
- Spread the coconut and chocolate chips evenly over the sweetened condensed milk.
- Press down evenly with a fork.
- **Alternatively, you can add half of the sweetened milk, then the coconut and chocolate chips, with the second half of the sweetened milk on the top of those.
- Either way works nicely.
- Bake at 350 degrees for about 25 minutes, or until bubbly and brown.
- Cool well.
- You may even refrigerate overnight.
- Slice, serve and enjoy!
Notes
**For me, layering the homemade sweetened condensed coconut milk, a layer on the crust, and a layer over the top of the chocolate, nuts and coconut flakes, worked perfectly.
