Healthy Pumpkin Breakfast Bars

INGREDIENTS

1 cup

pumpkin puree (canned or homemade)

1/2 cup

coconut oil, melted

2/3 cup

honey

egg, lightly beaten

2 tsp

pure vanilla extract

2 1/2 cups

rolled oats

1 1/4 cups

whole wheat pastry flour (OR oat flour -- see Tips & Tricks, just above recipe)

1 1/2 tsp

pumpkin pie spice

1/2 tsp

cinnamon

1/2 tsp

salt

1/4 cup

chopped nuts (such as pecans or walnuts), OPTIONAL