Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Gluten Free Pumpkin Bars Food

PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE CHIP OATMEAL BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° F.
• Spray a 9″ x 9″ baking dish with cooking spray and cover with parchment paper. (this will help you remove the bars more easily later)
• To a medium bowl add oats, 1:1 baking flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and pumpkin pie spice.
• To a large bowl, add pumpkin puree, maple syrup, vanilla extract and apple sauce. Whisk together until combined.
• Slowly add the wet ingredients to dry ingredients. Fold in the chocolate chunks.
• Add oatmeal mixture to prepared 9″ x 9″ baking dish.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes or until top is golden brown and toothpick test comes out clean.
• Serve!

CHOCOLATE CHIP OATMEAL BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees with the rack in the middle position.
• Melt the butter in a large microwave safe bowl.
• Add the brown and white sugars and let cool a bit.
• Add egg, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla.
• Add flour and mix. Then add the chocolate chips and oats and mix everything up. The dough will be quite stiff.
• With a spatula spread dough evenly into a greased 8x8 baking pan.
• Bake at 350 for 25- 30 minutes.
• Cut into bars when cool.

PUMPKIN-OAT BARS (GLUTEN FREE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray an 8x11, or two 9 inch round, baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• Make oat flour: Place oatmeal in blender or food processor and blend for 1-2 minutes until oatmeal resembles coarse flour. You may need to stop blender and stir oats a couple of times to ensure that all oats have been blended. NOTE: oats are measured before you processes them.
• In a large bowl mix oats, brown sugar, salt, spices, baking powder, and baking soda. Make a well in the dry ingredients and add the pumpkin, apple sauce, oil, and vanilla. Combine until mixed well. NOTE: the batter should be looser than cookie dough but thicker than cake batter. If your batter is too thick add a little water 1/4 cup at a time until it looks right.
• Gently fold in chocolate chips, raisins, and/or nuts.
• Pour batter into prepared pans and gently smooth top. Bake for 35-45 minutes, or until knife inserted into center comes out clean. Timing will depend on what size pan you use, but definitely check around 30 minutes.
• Once out of the oven drizzle the top with maple syrup (optional). It soaks in so they wont be super sticky.
• NOTES:.
• You can use "old fashioned" or "quick" rolled oats. Use Gluten-free oats only if you want to avoid gluten.
• Try white chocolate chips, milk chocolate chips, cinnamon chips, or even butterscotch chips.
• On occasion I've substituted part of the oats with granola cereal (processed into flour) with good results.
• Next I want to experiment with using pureed butternut or zucchini squash in place of the pumpkin because pumpkin is more difficult to find outside the holidays.

PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE CHIP OATMEAL COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In large bowl add baking mix, oats, baking powder, chocolate chips, and the tablesppon of pumpkin pie spice. Stir until combined.
• In a medium bowl whisk together pumpkin, teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice, egg, milk, and sugar until smooth.
• Stir in pecans.
• Add wet ingredients to dry and stir until combined.
• Spoon minture into greased 9 X 13inch pan and bake for 25 mins or until toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
• Allow "cake" to cool slightly and transfer from pan to wire rack to continue cooling.
• When cool slice width wise into 1/2 inch strips and then in half length wise.
• Place evenly on cookie sheet(s) and bake for an additonal 10-15 minutes
• Remove from oven and let cool slightly. Dust with powdered sugar.
• Allow the cookies to cool completely and enjoy!