Oatmeal Cookie Bars - Crisp & Chewy with a crunch!!

I came across this recipe of oatmeal cookie bar on Tammy Recipes and I felt it was a pretty good recipe and decided to make it with a couple of changes to make it more wholesome. These bars are just wonderful, with just the right amount of sweetness, crunch and chew. Now how the hell did I get all of it...read on

Ingredients
1 cup butter softened
3/4 cup brown sugar/ jaggery sugar
1/4 cup raw sugar
1 egg
8-10 drop vanilla essence
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
a pinch of salt
3 cups rolled oats (you can also substitute plain muesli here)
3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup cranberries
3/4 cup mixed nuts. I used pecan and whole unshelled pistachios. Do not use whole almonds since it would be difficult to cut them.

Method

Sift the flour and baking powder. Cream the butter and sugars, add the egg and beat till light and fluffy. Add the sifted flour and beat till combined. Stir in the oats, nuts, cranberries and chocolate chips. You will have to use your hands to combine them. Line a 11 inch square baking dish with baking paper. Spread the cookie dough evenly and bake at 180C for 25-30 minutes. Do not overbake otherwise they would become rather hard. Remove from oven, using a pizza slicer cut into squares and allow to cool on a wire rack. Once cooled, peel off the baking paper and transfer to a air-tight jar. The cookie bars are rather crisp but not hard with the nuts giving it a crunch and cranberries a bit of tangy chew. Keeps well for a week.