Pecan Granola Bars

Ingredients (7)

• 1 1/4 cups pecan halves (5 ounces)
• 2 cups quick-cooking oats (or old-fashioned oats, pulsed briefly in a food processor or blender to break them up)
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon fine sea salt (if using regular table salt or salted nut butter, scale back a bit)
• 1 cup homemade pecan butter* or creamy almond butter or peanut butter
• ½ cup maple syrup or honey
• 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract