Pumpkin Butterscotch Granola Bars

Pumpkin Butterscotch Granola Bars

These have become a favorite snack. Slights crunchy, fairly healthy, and a unique combination of ingratiates puts these homemade granola bars above all the others. I hope you give these a try!

Pumpkin Butterscotch Granola Bars

4 cups oats
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup pumpkin puree
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/3 cup slivered almonds
1/2 cup pepitas (optional)
11 oz. butterscotch chips

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees and prepare a 9x13x1 inch pan with a sheet of parchment paper (do not use anything besides parchment paper or you will end up with a huge mess on your hands!).
Combine the oats & vegetable oil, mix until the oats are covered.
Add honey, brown sugar, pumpkin, cinnamon, & salt, mix until combined
Add almonds & pepitas, mix until combined
Add butterscotch chips and mix
Pour mixture onto a the prepared pan and spread it evenly, pressing down with a spatula
Bake granola bars at 325 degrees for 30 minutes, pull out of oven and press down hard with spatula again.
Return granola bars to oven for another 10 minutes (for softer) OR 20 minutes (for crunchier). Let cool completely before slicing them.


Enjoy
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Adapted from http://www.heatherchristo.com/cooks/2012/10/11/pumpkin-butterscotch-granola-bars/