Power Bean Bars

16 ingredients
9 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 cups oats
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 14 teaspoon cinnamon (rounded)
  • 14 teaspoon salt
  • 19 ounces white kidney beans
  • 14 cup margarine (nonhydrogenated)
  • 1 cup brown sugar (packed)
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 12 cup raisins
  • 12 cup dried cranberries
  • 14-12 cup chopped walnuts or 14-12 cup pecans
  • 2 tablespoons ground flax seed
  • cooking spray

Directions

  1. 1
    Preheat oven to 350.
  2. 2
    Place oats in the bowl of a food processor and pulse until it resembles coarse flour.
  3. 3
    Add flour, baking powder, baking soda,cinnammon and salt and process until combined.
  4. 4
    Put beans into food processor and pulse until pureed.
  5. 5
    Add butter, brown sugar, egg and vanilla and pulse until smooth, scraping down sides of bowl.
  6. 6
    Pour bean mixture into oat mixture and stir by hand until almost combined; add raisins, cranberries, nuts and flaxseed and stir just until blended.
  7. 7
    Spread the batter into a 9 by 13 inch pan that has been sprayed with a non-stick spray.
  8. 8
    Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until golden around the edges.
  9. 9
    Cool in the pan before cutting into bars.

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