Aunt Rocky’s Magic Cookie Squares (Low Carb, Sugar Free)

Preheat oven to 350ºF. Line a 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inch glass baking dish with parchment so that the paper comes out over 2 sides. You’ll use the overhang to remove the bars from the pan after cooling. Spray the edges that are not covered by parchment.

In a medium mixing bowl, microwave butter long enough to melt. Add unsweetened condensed milk, egg, powdered sweetener, almond flour, and salt. Whisk until smooth and creamy.

Fold in all remaining ingredients, mixing well to coat all of the nuts and chocolate chips. Turn out into the baking dish, and spread into an even layer.

Bake 25 minutes, or until edges are browning. Allow to cool in the pan on a wire rack for at least 20 minutes, then move to refrigerator (still in the pan) to finish cooling and setting up.

When completely cooled, run a butter knife around the edges not covered with parchment, then carefully pull the entire batch out of the pan using the paper overhang. Place on cutting board, and cut into 12 squares. Store in airtight container in the refrigerator.

Notes:
• Nestlē Media Crema is unsweetened condensed milk. Many grocery stores carry it in the Mexican foods section, or in the section with regular condensed milk. There are other brands, too, so check the labels on the condensed milk cans to see if you can locate one with no added sugar. Some people use coconut cream in place of the unsweetened condensed milk to make the recipe dairy free. I have not tried that, so I don’t know if it will come out exactly the same. If you need to do that, I would recommend cutting it back to 2 tablespoons so the sweet sauce is not too runny.
• You may toast your own sliced almonds in the oven, if you like. I use Fresh Gourmet Roasted Sliced Almonds, which I find at the grocery store near the salads, with other salad toppings.
• Nutrition estimates are based on My Fitness Pal’s online recipe analyzer. Brand names are included only to assure more accurate estimates. The recipe is stored on and available to MFP users for logging in their food diaries. Sugar alcohols, allulose, and liquid sucralose are not absorbed by the body and rate zero on the glycemic index, so are excluded from nutrition counts.
• For more Atkins/low carb/Keto recipes and cooking tips, look for Aunt Rocky’s Low Carb Recipes & Tips Group on Facebook, or follow me on Pinterest at auntrocky2.

Per serving: Calories 109, Total Fat 9 g, Saturated Fat 4 g, Sodium 51 mg, Potassium 36 mg, Total Carbohydrate 6 g, Dietary Fiber 3 g, Net Carbs 3 g, Sugars 2 g, Protein 2 g. Macros: 80% Fat, 8% Protein, 12% Carbs.

© February 14, 2019 Roxana Lopez for Aunt Rocky’s.