Chewy Granola Bars with Pecans Raisins and Chocolate

1 cup oat flour* (or 1 cup oats finely ground in foods processor or blender)
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
2 tbsp unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup unpacked brown sugar
1 large egg
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup unsweetened apple sauce
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups easy oats*
1/2 cup dim chocolate chips
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup chopped pecans

*employ gluten-no cost oats if you are on a gluten-free diet program
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350°; line a 9 x 9 baking pan with 2 very long ingredients of parchment paper, extensive ample to move up over the aspects for uncomplicated removing. Flippantly spray with oil.
In a medium bowl, whisk alongside one another oat flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.
In a hefty bowl, with a mixer product with each other the butter and the sugar on medium tempo.
Add the egg adopted by the honey, applesauce and vanilla extract.
Doing the job through hand, stir in the flour blend and the oats till accurately put together and no streaks of flour stay; stir in the chocolate chips, raisins and crazy.
Spoon oats on to created baking dish, flattening to deliver even. Bake for about 23-25 minutes, or till gentle brown at the edges. They will glimpse comfortable and undercooked, still when they amazing they will fixed thoroughly.

Amazing comprehensively on a twine rack then refrigerate in advance of chopping. This will assist them keep alongside one another much better. To slice employ a long serrated bread knife and minimize in a sawing action.

Test them with cranberries rather of raisins, you can swap the chocolate chips with mini m and m’s, depart the insane out, add coconut, whichever you which includes!!