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Preheat oven to 350 degrees, then spray or coat an 8x8 baking pan with oil or nonstick spray.
Mix flaxseed meal with water in a small bowl and set aside for 5 minutes.
Place oats in a food processor and mix until you create a flour. You can also use 2ΒΌ cups of oat flour instead of making your own!
Combine flaxseed mixture with milk, pumpkin, maple syrup, oil and extract. Mix well.
In a clean bowl, whisk oat flour with chia seeds, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder and baking soda.
Pour milk into the oat flour mix and stir just until combined. Do not over-mix.
Fold in almond slivers then pour batter into prepared pan.
Bake 30-35 minutes until the edges begin to brown and the middle is set. Do not overbake!
Cool, then cut into bars, which can be stored up to 5 days in the refrigerator.