Step 1

Spread oats on baking sheet and bake at 350' for 15-20 minutes to toast. They can bake longer at a lower temperature, or shorter at a higher temperature depending on your schedule. They should be a nice golden brown when finished.

Step 2

Transfer the oats to large bowl. Add salt and any other chosen dry ingredients and mix to blend.

Step 3

Combine wet ingredients in a smaller bowl, and mix until blended.

Step 4

Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix well.

Step 5

Press mixture into greased jelly roll pan of appropriate size (see above). you can also line the pan with parchment paper instead.

Step 6

Bake at 350ºF/180ºC for 20 minutes. Cool. Cut into bars. Store in refrigerator in sealed container.

Step 7

Finished.