Vegan Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookie Bars
Pumpkin oatmeal cookie bars - these easy vegan oat snack bars are flavoured with pumpkin spice and pumpkin puree and filled with chocolate chips and nuts for a filling, satisfying snack.
Servings 12 bars
Ingredients
- 125 g (½ cup) pumpkin puree
- 120 g (½ cup) vegan block butter melted
- 175 g (1 cup) light brown soft sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 Tablespoon pumpkin spice
- 150 g (1 + ⅔ cup) porridge oats/rolled oats
- 120 g (1 cup) plain (all-purpose) flour
- 100 g (⅔ cup) chocolate chips
- 100 g (1 cup) roughly chopped pecans or walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan/350°F/gas mark 4. Line a 20cm / 8in square cake tin with baking parchment, leaving some overhanging either side so that you can easily lift the bars out later.
- Whisk together the pumpkin puree, melted butter, light brown sugar and vanilla extract in a large bowl.125 g (½ cup) pumpkin puree, 120 g (½ cup) vegan block butter, 175 g (1 cup) light brown soft sugar, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Stir in the baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, salt, pumpkin spice and oats, followed by the flour.1 teaspoon baking powder, ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (baking soda), ¼ teaspoon salt, 1 Tablespoon pumpkin spice, 150 g (1 + ⅔ cup) porridge oats/rolled oats, 120 g (1 cup) plain (all-purpose) flour
- Fold in the chocolate chips and nuts.100 g (⅔ cup) chocolate chips, 100 g (1 cup) roughly chopped pecans or walnuts
- Transfer the mixture to the prepared tin and spread it level.
- Bake for about 25 minutes, until golden brown and set. They may still be a little soft in the middle but shouldn't jiggle.
- Leave the bars to cool completely in the tin. For neat slices, chill the bars in the fridge for a couple of hours once they have cooled before slicing them.
Notes
- See post above for tips, details, variations and storage instructions.
- USE SCALES. As with all of my baking recipes I really do recommend using the metric measurements with a digital scales rather than the cup conversions. Cups are a wildly inaccurate measuring system and you will get far better, more consistent results using a scale, not to mention that it is also easier and less messy than cups!