Pumpkin Energy Bars - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
4 eggs, beaten
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
2/3 cup water
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup whole-wheat pastry flour
3/4 cup powdered milk
3/4 cup ground unsalted almonds
1/2 cup flax seed meal
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 (18 ounce) package miniature semisweet chocolate chips

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a large bar-cookie pan.
Stir pumpkin puree, eggs, sugar, oil, and water together in a large bowl until smooth.
Stir all-purpose flour, pastry flour, powdered milk, almonds, flax seed meal, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger together with a whisk in a separate bowl; stir into the pumpkin mixture until you have a smooth batter. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle chocolate chips over the top of the batter.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Let cool completely before cutting.