Enjoy these thick buttery Oatmeal Pecan Bars at any season. An oat cookie bar filled with chopped pecans with a caramelized flavour. Serve them just as they are with a cup of coffee for a great afternoon treat.

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Let me start by saying, I know Pecans are for fall! But, hear me out, I was craving somehing fall like in the early summer heat this past week. I usually always stick to seasonal recipes, because I know that’s what most of us are looking for. I ended up breaking all the rules by putting this autumal recipe out on the very last day of May. Why not…lol!

So, whether you chose to make these now or save them for back to school, they are a great cookie bar. Keep reading to see what they are like and all the good stuff you need to make them yourself.

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What Are These Cookie Bars Like

• Difficulty – These cookie bars are super easy to make. The only part that requires a little time is pressing the dough into a rimmed cookie sheet. This could take a few minutes to make sure the dough stretches to the sides of the pan. Check the Recipe Tips section to read all about this.
• Taste – The perfect nutty flavour from the pecans with a oat texture and a little of a chewy texture and caramelised flavour from the brown sugar. A great combo!
• Serving – This recipe makes a cookie sheet sized recipe. I got 45 cookie bars from this batch. You can easily cut yours larger if you like. I found these the perfect size to go with a cup of tea or coffee.

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Ingredients

• Butter – This recipe uses unsalted butter at room temperature.
• Sugars – I used a combination of packed brown sugar and granulated white sugar.
• Eggs – Use room temperature large eggs.
• Vanilla -Vanilla extract adds flavour to the cookie bars.
• Flour – All purpose flour is the most common variety and it’s what I used for these cookies.
• Baking soda – This is the rising agent used for the cookies.
• Salt – A little salt enhances flavours.
• Oats – I used rolled oats for this recipe. They are often referred to as old fashioned oats.
• Pecans – Buy pecan halves and chop them yourself. This will give more flavour. You can toast them if you feel that you would like to. You can toast the pecans if you like. See How to Toast Pecans.

NOTE, The full recipe and ingredient list can be found at the end of the post in the recipe card.

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Ingredients

1. Preheat oven – Preheat oven to 350ºF/180ºC. Grease and line with parchment paper a large baking tray, 9 x 13 inches
2. Combine butter, sugars, eggs and vanilla – In the bowl of your electric mixer, combine the butter, brown sugar and white sugar. Mix on high speed for about 3 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each additions. Whisk in vanilla
3. Combine dry ingredients – Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt.
4. Finish cookie batter – Add the flour and the oats to the batter and stir until just combined, about a minute. Fold in the chopped pecans.
5. Press into pan and bake – Press evenly into prepared pan. Bake for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and lay tray on a cooling rack and leave them to cool completely.
6. Cut and serve – Cut into squares and store in an airtight container. Will keep up to 3 days. Freeze up to two months.

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Recipe Tips

• You can add extra pecans over the cookie dough once you have pressed it into the pan.
• These bars are not chewy, but more oat like with the texture of a scone almost.
• These freeze really well. Just make sure you let them cool completely before freezing. Also, use an airtight container so they don’t get freezer burn.

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Substitutions

The only change I would recommend would be to switch the pecans for walnuts if you like. Other than that, stick to the recipe for best results.

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Storage

• In the fridge – These cookie bars will keep in the fridge up to 5 days. Just remember to have them stored in an airtight container.
• In the freezer – Alternatively, you can store these cookie bars in the freezer in an freezer proof container. Just make sure they have completely cooled down. Layer parchment paper between the layers of cookies so they don’t stick together.
• On a cookie tray or as a gift – These are great cookies to give as a gift or make part of a cookie tray. Just make sure to tell the recipient that they need to be refrigerated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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