PUMPKIN OAT BARS
“Hello, Pumpkin Oat Bars. Welcome to the picnic.”
“The moist pumpkin texture and delicate oat crunch will make you forget the departure of Summer. Well, almost. Enjoy!”
3/4 cup Butter
1/2 cup Pumpkin
1/2 cup Sugar
1 cup Brown Sugar
2 Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1 3/4 cups Flour
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 teaspoon Pumpkin Pie Spice
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1 1/2 cups Rolled Oats
1 1/2 cups Quick Cooking Oats
1 cup Caramel Flavored Baking Chips (feel free to substitute White Chocolate Chips)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix together the butter, pumpkin, sugar, and brown sugar.
Mix in the eggs and vanilla extract.
Mix in the flour, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice, and salt.
Mix in the oats and baking chips.
Press dough into a greased 9″x13″ pan.
Bake for 30 minutes or until the top has browned.
Cool slightly on a metal rack, before cutting into bars.
Makes about 24 bars.
Revised Source: “Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies” recipe on page 15 of my cookie cookbook, “Today is a Great Day for a Cookie,” as always available for free download at www.CookiesbyDave.com.