Pumpkin Cacao Oatmeal Bars

Ingredients

• 2 cups old fashioned rolled oats
• 6 tbsp oat flour
• 2 tbsp cacao powder
• 1 ¼ tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp baking soda
• 3 tsp ground cinnamon
• 2 tsp ground ginger
• ½ tsp ground nutmeg
• ½ tsp salt
• ¾ cup pure pumpkin puree
• 1 cup whole milk (or other milk of choice)
• 1 large egg
• ⅓ cup maple syrup
• 2 tablespoons almond butter (or other nut butter of choice)
• ½ cup chopped walnuts, divided
• 1 tsp vanilla extract