Homemade Pumpkin Granola Bars
These are very easy to prepare and require no extra ingredients - plus a great way to use up all that pumpkin from the Halloween carving.
Servings: 12 Bars
Ingredients
- 170 g Scottish oats
- 170 g Granola of any flavour
- 200 g Pumpkin purée
- 2 tbsp Seeds of your choice Chia, sunflower, pumpkin or a mix of them
- 1/2 tsp Ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- Handful Chocolate chips
- 90 ml Maple syrup
- 1 tbsp Honey
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 1.5 tbsp Olive oil
- 150 g Icing sugar For the icing
- 1-2 tbsp Boiling water For the icing
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180 Celsius. Chop the pumpkin into small cubes and roast them for about 30-40 minutes until they are soft. Place the oats, the granola and the seeds.
- Add the chocolate chips, the salt and the cinnamon too.
- Blend the rosasted pumpkin with a hand blender and stir in the maple syrup, the olive oil, the honey and the vanilla extract.
- In a mixing bowl, combine all the ingredients antil they are all mixed well.
- Preheat oven to 170 Celsius and fold the mixture into a shallow cake tray or baking dish evenly. Press it down with the back of a spoon.
- Place it in the oven and bake it for about 15-20 minutes. Take it out when ready and let it cool before decorating.
- Mix the icing sugar with the boiling water until you get a smooth paste, with the consistency you want. Decorate with icing sugar and candy eyes.
