Yummy Bars!

Ingredients:

2 c. quick cooking oats
1/2 c. whole wheat pastry flour
1 t. baking powder
1/2 t. salt
1/4 c. raisins
1/4 c. chocolate chips
1/2 c. nut butter (I used peanut butter)
1/4 c. maple syrup
1/4 c. granular sweeter (I used NuNaturals Stevia Baking Blend)
2 T. ground flax seed + 6 T. water

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Combine flax and water. Set aside.
Combine all dry ingredients in mixing bowl.
Stir in raisins and chocolate chips.
In a separate bowl, combine syrup, sweetener and nut butter and mix until smooth. Combine nut butter mixture with flax/water mixture.

Add wet to dry ingredients and mix well.

Note: The mixture will be dry, but just keep stirring.
Press the mixture into an 8 x 8 pan sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. Bake for 15 minutes. Allow pan to cool slightly, then cut into bars and transfer to a cooling rack.

Submitted by:  Caroline G.

This recipe comes to me via Jenny T.  As we sat at the pool and she let me sample this homemade delight I knew I had to have the recipe.  They are moist and yuumy!