Barley-Oat Chocolate Chip Bars

"Trying to develop a healthy alternative to the commercial snack bars"

• Ready In: 50 mins
• Yields: 48 bars

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
• 1  cup whole wheat flour
• 1  cup  regular rolled oats
• 1⁄2 cup  barley flour
• 1⁄2 cup  oat bran
• 1⁄4 cup  wheat bran
• 5  teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 3  tablespoons  nonfat dry milk powder
• 2  tablespoons  ground flax seeds
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄4 cup olive oil
• 1⁄2 cup honey
• 5  tablespoons water
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 1  cup chocolate chips
• 1  cup  chopped walnuts
• 1  cup  shredded coconut

Directions

1. preheat oven to 350.
2. mix all the dry ingredients together.
3. add oil, honey, water, and vanilla. stir in chocolate, walnuts, and coconut.
4. line 12 x 17 inch cookie pan with parchment paper. Place dough in center of pan and cover with wax paper. Using rolling pin,spread dough to fill the pan, remove the wax paper and bake for 25 minutes.
5. Remove from oven and let set for 5 minutes. Slide parchment paper onto counter and cut bars to desired size. Place bars on wire racks to finish cooling.