[Gemma]: Hi Bold Bakers! So I get many requests from you on a daily basis for healthy desserts.
So I thought how about Bold Baking, Guilt Free? You get the same Big & Bold results
but just lighter ingredients. So I invited Olivia Crouppen. [Olivia]: Hi! [Gemma]: Olivia
is the master of healthy baking. Also you might recognize Olivia from season six of
MasterChef. And if you follow me on social media, Olivia is actually my very talented
culinary assistant. [Olivia]: I'm so excited to be here today. Thank you guys so much for
having me. [Gemma]: so Olivia had a really good idea. Why not take something that we
already know and love which is a Twix and just reinvent the recipe a little bit. [Olivia]:
this recipe is awesome. It's really, really easy. It’s all kinds of ingredients you
probably already have at home but you might never use before. [Gemma]: so a lot of you
know that a Twix is my all-time favorite candy bar. So I wouldn't say that I am dubious of
this recipe, I would say I am more curious of how this is going to turn out. Because
I want it to taste like a Twix. [Olivia]: I hear you, and that's part of why I chose
this. This recipe is so easy, and I think it’s honestly going to blow you away. It
starts with that awesome cookie base, you got the caramel in the middle, and the chocolate
on top, I mean what more could you ask for? [Gemma]: sounds great. [Olivia]: the first
thing we're going to do is make our cookie crust. In a large bowl, you're going to add
almond flour, a little bit of coconut flour, next, some coconut oil, and then some maple
syrup. And then you just stir it all up. That is looking great, have you ever used almond
flour or coconut flour before? [Gemma]: I really like when it comes to baking the texture
that they give, like cakes and stuff like that. [Olivia]: yeah. [Gemma]: they just absorb
liquid a little bit differently and make them really moist. [Olivia]: I love to use almond
flour and coconut flour because they're grain-free, and they're great for people who are gluten-free.
And like Gem said they add a lot of extra texture that you wouldn't get from normal
flour. [Gemma]: yeah exactly. Liv, how’s this looking? [Olivia]: that is perfect so
it’s come together into like a sticky paste, which is really great because it’s going
to be easy to press into our tin. [Gemma]: this is super easy! Usually when I make a
crust you have to rub in butter, you got to use your food processor, this is way easier.
[Olivia]: this is super easy, it’s all in one bowl, couldn't be simpler. [Gemma]: lovely,
into our tin? [Olivia]: yes. So we have an 8x8” baking tin here, it’s lined with
parchment paper, we’re going to go ahead and get our cookie base in there, we’re
going to make sure it’s really nice and smooth and even. We’re going to use our
fingertips just to make sure it’s in one even layer, because when you think of a Twix,
you always think of that nice strip of cookie on the bottom. [Gemma]: yeah. [Olivia]: this
is looking awesome. This is vegan, this is gluten-free, this is dairy-free but most importantly,
it’s just really delicious. [Gemma]: it’s delicious. Okay Liv, what’s the next step?
[Olivia]: so our next step is to get it into the oven. [Gemma]: lovely. [Olivia]: bake
this off at 350º Fahrenheit or 180º Celsius for about 13 minutes. Alright guys so our
cookie crust is done. We’re going to set it aside to cool and now we’re going to
make our caramel layer. So in a medium bowl I'm going to put my almond butter and a little
bit of maple syrup. In our bowl can you go ahead and add the coconut oil and then the
flavorings, which are vanilla and salt. So Gem will you go ahead and mix that al up for
me? [Gemma]: I will. [Olivia]: I really, really love this as a caramel sauce I know it’s
probably not like anything you've had before but if you think about it, just like normal
caramel it has a lot of sweet, it has a lot of salt, it’s really that nice balance of
flavors and usually caramel is really hard to make, this is literally foolproof. [Gemma]:
you know what that’s a really good point because caramel is tricky to make, it can
be finicky, it can burn, people don't know when it’s ready, you don't have to cook
this, just mix it all together. It’s a mixable caramel. [Olivia]: so now our caramel is all
mixed up, it’s really shiny and smooth, everything's evenly combined, honestly it
looks just like regular caramel. So the next thing we’re going to do is layer our caramel
on top of our cookie crust, just like you would in a normal Twix. So you're just looking
for an even layer of the caramel, if you want you can take your spatula and run it across
the top to make sure it’s spread evenly. [Gemma]: you know actually here’s something
that people might want to know at home, what is the craziest thing that we've done since
you've been working with me? [Olivia]: ooh, really good question, I think all the microwave
cakes are definitely crazy, I can't believe how good they are and that they actually can
be made in the microwave. [Gemma]: I know when we were testing the recipes we were like
”what is going to happen” but they turned out, how did they turn out? [Olivia]: seriously
amazing. We’re going to get this into the fridge for about 30 minutes and make our chocolate
layer. [Gemma]: so because I've done this a few times I'm guessing we’re starting
out in a large bowl? [Olivia]: you are correct, in a large bowl, we’re going to add sifted
cocoa powder, coconut oil, a little bit of maple syrup, and some salt. So now just stir
it together with a whisk. [Gemma]: now I just want to note from my personal experience,
Liv, I'm guessing you only stir this until it’s combined, until the cocoa powder has
dissolved, because sometimes when you overmix cocoa powder it can separate. [Olivia]: so
you might have guessed the next thing we’re going to do is put this on top of our caramel
layer to complete our Twix bars. [Gemma]: lovely, let’s do it. [Olivia]: alright guys,
so our Twix is out of the fridge, the caramel layer is all set up and is looking great,
so we’re going to go ahead and pour over the chocolate. So now I'm guessing I just
spread this out with a spatula. [Olivia]: you're absolutely right, you're going to go
ahead and just spread it out across the top, and make sure it’s really nice and smooth.
Our last step is to go ahead and get this into the fridge to set up one final time,
you really want all the layers to get to know each other and make sure that everything is
all firm, so that we can cut it into Twix bars. [Gemma]: sounds delicious. This is yum
by the way. [Olivia]: so good right? [Gemma]: so Olivia actually made her first cameo in
my Best-Ever Hot Chocolate video, if you saw that. Olivia came in to style one of our pictures,
because we have to, once you make something, get the beautiful thumbnails and the lovely
photography for the website, BiggerBolderBaking.com by the way, that where this recipe is. [Olivia]:
I absolutely love my job, food styling something that I think a lot of people don't actually
even know about. I'm so lucky to be part of Bigger Bolder Baking, I actually used to be
a wardrobe stylist, and I worked in men's fashion and then after MasterChef I knew I
couldn't go back to fashion, and I really just wanted to focus on food, and I haven't
really looked back. Dun dun dun… da dun! [Gemma]: Ahh! They look lovely! [Olivia]:
have you ever seen anything like that in your life? [Gemma]: no they look fantastic. [Olivia]:
they look so good, I'm so excited, to try them. [Gemma]: good job, Liv. [Olivia]: so
all that's left to do is get them out of the tin. I like to cut mine into 16 bars but you
can really cut them into any shape you like. [Gemma]: oh look at all those lovely layers,
just like you promised me, Liv. Okay Liv, here we go, cheers. [Olivia]: cheers. Mm.
[Gemma]: this caramel is legit. That is a serious yummy caramel. [Olivia]: I see it,
I see it in your face. She's loving it. [Gemma]: it doesn't lie. Do you know what I love about
your baking? Olivia is very generous with the salt, not overly generous, but the right
amount of salt. It just makes everything taste like yummy, yummy, yummy. [Olivia]: it has
that really nice balance of salt and sweetness from the caramel, and then the chocolate is
rich and melty. [h] It’s a Twix, Liv, it’s a Twix. [Olivia]: it’s a Twix. [Gemma]:
if you guys want to see more Bold Baking Guilt Free then let me know in the comments below,
and then Olivia can come back and see us. [Olivia]: thank you so much for having me.
It was so much fun. [Gemma]: thanks, Liv. Really hope you enjoyed this episode and I’ll
see you back here really soon for more… [Olivia]: Bigger Bolder Baking. [Gemma]: got
it.