Pumpkin Oatmeal Bars
These Pumpkin Oatmeal Bars are packed with not only fiber-rich ingredients, including flax seed, whole-wheat flour, oats, and pumpkin, but they also contain cancer-fighting antioxidants and phytochemicals with added spices. Give this fun, nourishing fall recipe a try!
Ingredients:
- 2 cups whole-wheat flour
- 1 1/3 cups rolled oats
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 3/4 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
- 1 1/3 cup sugar
- 2/3 cup canola oil
- 3 Tbsp. molasses
- 1 can of cooked pumpkin puree
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 2 Tbsp. ground flaxseed (optional)
- Optional add-ins: 1 cup mini chocolate chips
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350°. Grease two 12 x 17 baking sheet pans.
- Mix together flour, oats, baking soda, salt, and spices.
- In a separate bowl, mix together sugar, oil, molasses, pumpkin, vanilla, and optional flaxseeds until very well combined.
- Mix flour and sugar mixtures together. Fold in chocolate chips, if desired.
- Spread and press batter onto greased cookie sheets (to make cookies, drop 1 inch size balls of batter an inch apart, and flatten tops of cookies with fork or your fingers to press into cookie shape).
- Bake for 16 minutes or until inserted knife or toothpick is clean. Rotate halfway through baking.
- Remove from oven (if making cookies, transfer to wire rack to cool).
- Once cool slice into 20 bars per sheet pan.
