Maple pecan and oat cookie bars

Name: Maple pecan and oat cookie bars
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 120g butter, softened; 100g soft light brown sugar; 3 tbsp maple syrup; 1 large egg; 150g porridge oats; 120g plain flour; 100g pecan halves, roughly chopped; 0.5 tsp bicarbonate of soda

Chewy oat bars with toasted pecans, butter and maple syrup, a rich little bite for a small appetite.

Time40 mins
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.40 a head
Oven180°C (160°C fan)

12 servings

Ingredients

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120 gbuttersoftened
100 gsoft light brown sugar
3 tbspmaple syrup
1large egg
150 gporridge oats
120 gplain flour
100 gpecan halvesroughly chopped
½ tspbicarbonate of soda

Method

1
Heat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan). Line a 20cm square tin.
2
Beat the butter, sugar and maple syrup until fluffy, then beat in the egg.
3
Stir in the oats, flour, bicarbonate of soda and most of the pecans.
4
Press into the tin and scatter the rest of the pecans on top.
5
Bake for 22 minutes until golden at the edges but still soft in the middle.
22 min
6
Cool in the tin before cutting into 12 bars.

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