The Heat Wave Won't Stop Me: Cookie Butter Granola Bars

                                               

Adapted from: FruetCake

You may or may not know that the Northeast is experiencing a crazy heat wave this week.It feels like my kitchen has reached 80 degrees inside. My mom doesn't like me baking or cooking too much when these heat waves happen because the kitchen gets pretty hot one you open up the oven. Regardless, I was dying to make a healthy breakfast/snack for the week because I've been eating Special K for days. I had  Trader Joes cookie butter on hand and found this great bar recipe to use it up. I'm so glad this recipe used cookie butter instead of peanut butter because I hate peanut butter. I modified this recipe by adding dark chocolate chips. I LOVE DARK CHOCOLATE ( ok sorry for the ADD moment). This hot weather is not going to stop me from creating good eats. :)

You will need:

2 cups old fashioned oats ( Quaker)

1/3 cup chocolate chips

1/2 cup cookie butter

1 egg

1/4 cup honey

vegetable cooking spray or butter

1/3 cup brown sugar

MICE EN PLACE: have all your ingredients out and oven preheated

1. Preheat oven to 350.

2.Position oven rack in the middle of the oven.

3. Line a 7 by 10 3/4 baking pan with parchment paper and spray. Set aside.

4. In a medium bowl,using a hand beater or large spoon, beat egg white until frothy.

5.Stir the cookie butter,brown sugar, and honey.Add the melted butter and oats.

6. Stir to combine, add in chocolate chips.

7. Using a rubber spatula, spread mixture on a prepared pan. 

8. Bake until the mixture begins to brown, about 15 minutes.

9. Cool for 1 hour.

Bon Appetit!

Serving Size: about 10 bars