Oatmeal Maple Raisin Bars

A great, dense chewy bar. Great for a mid-morning or afternoon snack. Also great served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream!

Bars:

1 c quick oats

¾ c all purpose flour

½ c raisins

½ cup chopped walnuts

½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp cinnamon

½ tsp ground nutmeg

¼ tsp salt

¾ c brown sugar

¼ c canola oil

¼ c milk

1 egg, slightly beaten

1 tsp maple flavoring

Maple glaze:

1 cup powdered sugar

1 ½ T milk

½ tsp maple flavoring

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Grease an 8 inch square baking pan. In a medium bowl mix oats, flour, raisins, nuts, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. In a small bowl, mix brown sugar, oil, milk, egg and maple flavoring. Stir into oat mixture. Turn into baking pan. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes. Cool.

In a small bowl prepare maple glaze. Stir milk into powdered sugar a bit at a time until glaze is thin but not watery. If watery, add additional powdered sugar 1 T at a time to thicken if necessary.

Drizzle glaze with a spoon over cooled bars. Cut into squares to serve.

(adapted from Linda Willt’s recipe)