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Pumpkin Pecan Chocolate Chip Oat Bars

Soft, cakey oat bars with warm pumpkin spice, a nutty almond-butter richness, crunchy toasted pecans and melty chocolate chips.

Pumpkin Pecan Chocolate Chip Oat Bars

Ingredients

  • 2¾ cups220 gOld-fashioned rolled oats
  • 1 cup220 gPumpkin puree, canned
  • ¼ cup80 gMaple syrup
  • 3½ tbsp packed50 gBrown sugar
  • ¼ cup60 gAlmond butter, no salt addedwell stirred
  • 1 large50 gEggsat room temperature
  • 1¼ tsp5 gVanilla extract
  • 1½ tsp4 gGround cinnamon
  • ½ tsp1 gGround nutmeg
  • 1⅛ tsp5 gBaking powder
  • ¼ tsp2 gSalt
  • ½ cup chopped50 gPecanschopped
  • ⅔ cup100 gSemisweet chocolate chips

Steps

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Line an 8-inch square pan with parchment, leaving an overhang on two sides.
  2. Spread the pecans on a small baking sheet and toast in the oven for 6 to 8 minutes until fragrant, then let cool.
  3. In a large bowl, whisk the pumpkin, the maple syrup, the brown sugar, the almond butter, the egg and the vanilla until smooth.
  4. In a medium bowl, stir together the oats, the cinnamon, the nutmeg, the baking powder and the salt.
  5. Stir the oat mixture into the pumpkin mixture until evenly combined, then let it stand for 5 minutes so the oats soften slightly.
  6. Fold in the toasted pecans and the chocolate chips, then spread the batter evenly in the lined pan and smooth the top.
  7. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until the top is set and golden at the edges and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  8. Cool in the pan on a rack for at least 1 hour so the bars firm up, then lift out by the parchment and cut into 12 bars.

Food safety: Don't taste raw dough or batter: raw flour and raw eggs can carry germs.

Check labels: Gluten-free when you buy old-fashioned rolled oats labeled gluten-free.

Check labels: Dairy-free when you buy semisweet chocolate chips made without milk.

Contains: Egg, Tree nuts. Some brands contain milk, gluten, soy.

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