Healthy oatmeal bar recipe

This is a recipe I modified a little bit. I make this on Sunday, cut it into bars and keep them in ziplocs or container in the refrigerator. Then, throughout the week, I eat one bar with a fruit for a snack. This is particularly good for those PMS weeks when chocolate cravings are strong. It replaces chocolate or a protein bar. The ingredients are healthy. Enjoy!

1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1 tspn cinnamon
1/2 tspn baking soda
1/8 tspn sea salt
1 scoop protein powder [I like to use chocolate]
1 tbsn cocoa [optional - if you want a chocolate flavor]
1/2 cup peanut butter [I use natural crunchy]
1/2 cup organic sugar [you can leave this out if you want or use agave nectar]
1/3 cup honey
1 large egg
2 large egg whites
2 tbsn olive oil [I use extra-virgin]
1 tspn vanilla extract
2 cups oats [old-fashioned, like me]
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat a 9 x 9 baking pan with nonstick spray.

Whisk the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, protein powder and cocoa in a medium bowl. In separate bowl, beat peanut butter, sugar and honey with electric mixer until blended. Blend egg and egg whites with a fork in a small bowl. Add to the peanut butter mixture, along with oil and vanilla. Beat until smooth. Add flour mixture and mix with a rubber spatula. Mix in oats, dried cranberries and walnuts. Scrape batter into baking dish.

Bake the bars until lightly browned and firm to the touch, 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool completely in the pan on a rack before cutting into bars. Serving size is 2 x 2 bar.