PUMPKIN GRANOLA BARS

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Here's to you pumpkin lovers! Makes a great autumn lunch box/on-the-go snack, and it's healthy enough. You can be pretty creative and mix and match ingredients that are in there (like adding raisins, cranberries, etc). These freeze really well!

Provided by hilarybear

Categories Appetizers and Snacks Snacks Granola Bar Recipes

Time 55m

Yield 25

Number Of Ingredients 12

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Ingredients

¾ cup pumpkin puree
1 egg
¼ cup room-temperature butter
¼ cup honey
3 tablespoons molasses
2 cups rolled oats
½ cup sunflower seeds
¼ cup wheat germ
2 tablespoons shredded unsweetened coconut
2 teaspoons ground flax
1 tablespoon grated orange zest
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a jelly roll pan.
Beat pumpkin puree, egg, butter, honey, and molasses together in a large bowl. Stir rolled oats, sunflower seeds, wheat germ, coconut, ground flax, orange zest, and cinnamon into the pumpkin mixture; spread into the prepared pan.
Bake in preheated oven until golden brown, about 40 minutes. Cut into bars while still warm.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 88.9 calories, Carbohydrate 11 g, Cholesterol 12.3 mg, Fat 4.5 g, Fiber 1.5 g, Protein 2.2 g, SaturatedFat 1.7 g, Sodium 35.6 mg, Sugar 4.6 g