Chewy Energy Bars

• cooking spray
• 6 tablespoons water
• 2 tablespoons flax seeds, ground
• 2 cups old-fashioned oats
• 1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1/4 cup raisins
• 1/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 1/3 cup maple syrup

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2. Spray an 8-inch square baking dish with cooking spray.
3. Stir water and flax seeds together in a bowl.
4. Mix oats, pastry flour, sugar, raisins, chocolate chips, baking powder, and salt together in another bowl.
5. Beat peanut butter and maple syrup together in a bowl; add flax seed mixture and stir.
6. Pour peanut butter mixture into oats mixture and stir until well-blended.
7. Press mixture into prepared baking dish.
8. Bake in the preheated oven until set, about 15 minutes.
9. Cool briefly before cutting into bars and transferring bars to a cooling rack.

cooking spray, water, flax seeds, oldfashioned oats, whole wheat pastry flour, white sugar, raisins, semisweet chocolate chips, baking powder, salt, peanut butter, maple syrup

Taken from allrecipes.com/recipe/chewy-energy-bars/ (may not work)