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Gluten Free Coconut Cookie Bars

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These sweet little treats remind me of a Hello Dolly. Does anyone know what those are?

In my gluten and dairy free version, I use my cookie dough recipe as the crust and make my own sweetened condensed milk by combining almond milk, agave nectar, and chia seeds.

Ingredients

  • FOR THE HOMEMADE CONDENSED MILK:
  • ½ cups Almond Milk, Or Preferred Milk Alternative
  • ¼ cups Agave Nectar
  • 1-½ Tablespoon Chia Seeds
  • _____
  • FOR THE BARS:
  • ½ cups Earth Balance Butter, Room Temperature
  • 2 cups Blanched Almond Flour
  • 1 cup Tapioca Or Arrowroot Flour
  • ½ teaspoons Sea Salt
  • ½ teaspoons Baking Soda
  • 1 whole Egg
  • 1 Tablespoon Vanilla Extract
  • ½ cups Agave Nectar
  • 1 cup Chocolate Chips, Dairy Free
  • 1 cup Chopped Walnuts
  • 2 cups Sweetened Coconut, Divided

Preparation

1. Preheat the oven to 325ºF.

2. Stir together the almond milk, agave, and chia seeds to make homemade condensed milk. Set aside to thicken.

3. Line a 7 x 11 in. glass baking dish with parchment paper and lightly spray with cooking oil.

3. For the cookie batter, set out the butter to bring to room temperature.

4. In a large bowl, whisk together the blanched almond flour, tapioca flour, salt, and soda.

5. Beat butter on medium-high until light and fluffy.

6. Add in the egg, vanilla, and agave. Beat until well combined.

7. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir well.

8. Pour half of the cookie dough into the baking dish and even out with the back of a spoon.

9. Then spread out the chocolate chips over the cookie dough.

10. Then spread out a layer of walnuts, the remaining cookie dough, one cup of coconut, the milk mixture, then finally the remaining cup of coconut.

11. Slightly press down on the top layer of coconut.

12. Bake for 30–40 minutes or until browned and the center is no longer jiggly. Rotate halfway through baking.

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sfosterxdx on 5.20.2011

Oh my gosh! I started to think no one in the world knew what Hello Dolly’s were but my family. We started making those when I was 8-9 living in Kansas City, and now 40 years later I still make them every Christmas. I have a good friend who now has to live gluten free, can’t wait to make these for him!

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Anna Lee on 5.22.2011

My family made this recipe today and it tasted great! I’m always looking for baked goods that are gluten, dairy and corn free! Thank you for posting.

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