Sassy's Awesome Breakfast Bars

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup shredded carrot
• 1 cup shredded zucchini
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 1 cup canned solid-pack pumpkin
• 1 cup applesauce
• 2 cups vanilla yogurt
• 1 tablespoon maple extract
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
• 3 cups sugar (mix into wet ingredients so it dissolves well)
• 4 cups quick oatmeal
• 3 cups flour
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 2 tablespoons baking powder
• 2 tablespoons wheat germ
• 2 tablespoons cinnamon
• 1/2 cup sunflower seeds
• 1 cup golden raisin
• 1 cup dried cranberries
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 1 cup pecans

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• 2 grease with cooking spray 2 9x13 pans.
• 3 combine dry ingredients into large bowl.
• 4 combine wet ingredients into a large bowl (i use my biggest tupperware mixing bowl).
• 5 use heavy duty mixer or mix by hand, mixture will be very thick.
• 6 combine dry ingredients into wet ingredients, a little at a time, mixture will be very thick when all is combined.
• 7 stir in all the fruit and nuts with wooden spoon.
• 8 pour into greased pans and smooth tops.
• 9 i put both pans on same rack. if you have a small oven, place 1 pan on each rack, then switch pans half way through baking.
• 10 bake 50 minutes to 1 hour. check after 50 minutes with toothpick. if clean, bars are done, if not try 5 to 10 more minutes.
• 11 cooling bars completely will make cutting them into bars easier.
• 12 after the bars are cool, i cut and then put each into a freezer bag and freeze. then every morning i take one out and let sit while my tea steeps--usually it's thawed out by the time i'm ready to drink my tea. i like mine cold or room temp, however dh likes them heated in the microwave!