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Gluten-free Christmas Cookie Bars Recipe (dairy-free option)

Gluten-free Christmas cookie bars recipe - made all the better using KitKat festive friends and you'd never know they were Coeliac-friendly and wheat-free. See the FAQ section for a dairy-free alternative.
Keyword baking recipe, cookies, gluten-free baking, gluten-free christmas recipe
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 9
Calories 248kcal
Author Becky Excell

Ingredients

  • 130 g butter use Stork hard margarine if dairy-free
  • 50 g caster sugar
  • 150 g light brown sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 280 g gluten-free plain flour
  • 1/4 tsp xanthan gum
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp cornflour
  • 200 g chocolate chips white and milk (use dairy-free if necessary)
  • KitKat Santas and Festive Friends mix of regular size and mini size (linked in FAQ section alongside dairy-free alternatives)

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 160C Fan / 180C. Prepare a 9inch square baking tin with baking paper (enough to lift out the bars later once cooked).
  • Add your melted butter and both sugars to a large bowl and mix together. Do this until totally combined - it will take a few minutes with a spatula by hand.
  • Add in your egg and vanilla extract and mix again until fully combined.
  • Add in your flour, xanthan gum, bicarbonate of soda, salt and cornflour and mix (I still do this by hand). It can take quite a bit of time to fully combine but you should be left with a yummy cookie dough!
  • Add in your chocolate chips and mix into the dough evenly. Leave a few chocolate chips out (20-30g) to pop in the top of the cookie bars.
  • Place your cookie dough into your prepared tin. I spoon mine in and push it to the edges making sure its an even layer without any gaps. (Get your hands in there if need be!)
  • Push some chocolate chips into the top of the cookie dough.
  • Place in your preheated oven for about 20-22 minutes until a skewer comes out fairly clean. I like to take mine out at 20 minutes for a slightly softer, amazing cookie dough.
  • Remove from the oven and carefully push in KitKat Santas and Festive Friends into your brownies.
  • Allow to cool (the chocolates on top too!) before removing from the tin and cutting into squares. Add some drops of melted white chocolate so that it looks like snow optionally too! Let them set and enjoy!

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 248kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 29mg | Sodium: 136mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 20g