Maple oatmeal pecan bars

Try these delicious maple oatmeal pecan bars for a festive holiday treat!
Yield: 12 servings
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 35 -38 minutes
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup (1 & 1/2 sticks) butter
- 2 1/4 cups oats (quick, uncooked)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups brown sugar (firmly packed)
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/3 cup maple syrup
- 1 egg (lightly beaten)
- 1 tsp vanilla
Topping:
- 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
- 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1/3 cup maple syrup
Directions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees and spray a 13×9-inch baking pan with no-stick cooking spray.
- Melt butter and set aside to cool.
- In a large bowl, combine oats, flour, brown sugar, baking soda and salt; mix well. (Dough will be stiff).
- In a smaller bowl, combine melted butter, syrup, egg and vanilla; mix well. Add this mixture to the oat mixture and mix well.
- Press dough evenly onto bottom of the pan.
- For the topping, combine pecans and brown sugar in a small bowl, then sprinkle evenly over dough. Press down lightly and drizzle syrup evenly over pecans.
- Bake 35 to 38 minutes or until edges are set but the middle is soft. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack and cut into bars for serving.