Faux Starbuck Oat Fudge Bars

So, first of all I have to say that I have personally never eaten one of the Starbucks Fudge Oat bars.  My cousin, who loves them, gave me a recipe she found for making them at home.  She hand wrote the recipe, and therefore, I have no idea where it came from and can't give them credit.  But here is my gluten-free adaptation of that recipe.  My cousin says the texture of the base is different, but she still thinks this is delicious.  :)

Faux Starbuck Oat Fudge Bars

 

Yield – 24 bars

 

Ingredients

Base

·      2/3 cup dehydrated cane sugar

·      2/3 cup brown sugar

·      1 cup butter, at room temperature

·      2 large eggs, at room temperature

·      2 cups (200 gm) gluten-free oat flour, cold

·      3 cups quick oats

Topping

·      1 cup whipping cream

·      2 cups chocolate chips

·      ½ cup butter

·      ½ teaspoon vanilla

 

Method

·      Weigh out the flour, or spoon it into a measuring cup.  Never scoop oat flour out of the package with a measuring cup.  It will compact, and you will get more flour than you need.  

·      Cream butter and sugar.  

·      Add eggs and mix well.

·      Add oat flour and quick oats, and mix well.

·      Spread ¾ of this evenly into a greased 9 x 13” cake pan

·      Put whipping cream, chocolate chips, and butter into a small pot over medium heat. Stir occasionally until chocolate and butter are completely melted, and mixture is smooth.

·      Add the vanilla and mix well.

·      Pour this topping over the base, and spread evenly.

·      Drop remaining 1/4 of the base in blobs randomly on the topping.

·      Bake at 350F for 25 minutes.

·      Cool completely before cutting. I recommend putting the pan in the fridge for an hour.

 

Store in an airtight container.  Freezes very well.