Oat bars

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Ingredients

250 grams oats, quick oats
145 grams sugar-brown
115 grams butter
2 tbsp honey
2 tbsp maple-syrup
0.25 tsp salt
0.25 tsp cardamom
0.25 tsp vanilla-extract

Method

Line a 9 by 9 inch baking dish with parchment paper
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees
Drop some portion of the oats (maybe half?) in a blender and pulse them a bit if you want a less crumbly, more chewy bar (note: haven't actually tried this, mostly speculation).
In a medium saucepan, combine the butter, sugar, honey, maple syrup, salt, and cinnamon
Melt the mixture over medium heat until the butter has melted and the brown sugar is mostly dissolved. Remove from heat.
... maybe add some extra liquid here? Soy milk? Idea being it could help the bars to be less crumbly, they should stick together more as they cook... flax egg could be another option.
Add the oats to the saucepan and mix into the butter sugar mixture until the oats are fully coated.
Press the mixture into the baking dish. Pat down the top with a spatula for a flat and even surface - this will also help the bars be less crumbly.
Bake at 325 for 25 minutes, or until the edges are just getting golden
Once baked and slightly cool, PACK DOWN AGAIN with a spatula... otherwise they get crumbly!
Once done, cut into a 4 by 4 grid immediately, before they're cooled
Let cool completely, then lift out of the pan using the parchment paper lining.
Store in an airtight container in the fridge up to 5 days. Or freeze for longer.

Notes

Add flax egg maybe?
Recipe from a cool Backpacking Recipes website: Backpacking Recipes - Hudson Bay Bread
Aiming for something like Hudson's Bay Bread
Find a base recipe... then come up with a shortlist of fun ingredients...
- Oats, PB, nuts, seeds... dried fruit? Bulk Barn it up!
- Goal is high calorie, kinda crunchy, kinda sweet, without being garbage.
Could try substituting olive oil for butter... but meh!
Could try adding around 45 grams of finely chopped nuts... but maybe in a later attempt, cause I'm worried that'll make the bread more crumbly than it needs to be

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Nutrition Data

{
  "per": "1 serving",
  "calcium": "130.4 mg",
  "calories": "1158.04 kcal",
  "carbohydrates": "224.58 g",
  "choline": "0.88 mg",
  "copper": "0.01 mg",
  "fat": "15.79 g",
  "fibre": "25.08 g",
  "folate": "0.8 µg",
  "iron": "10.42 mg",
  "magnesium": "0.8 mg",
  "niacin": "0.05 mg",
  "phosphorus": "1.6 mg",
  "potassium": "915.04 mg",
  "protein": "32.41 g",
  "riboflavin": "0.02 mg",
  "selenium": "0.32 µg",
  "sodium": "596.75 mg",
  "sugar": "57.2 g",
  "vitamin-b6": "0.01 mg",
  "vitamin-c": "0.2 mg",
  "water": "6.96 g",
  "zinc": "0.09 mg"
}