Banana Bread Oatmeal Breakfast Bars Recipe

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5 from 47 votes

Banana Bread Oatmeal Breakfast Bars Recipe

Start your day with these easy Oatmeal Breakfast Bars that taste just like banana bread. Decadent, yet made with nourishing ingredients and packed with protein. This healthy oatmeal bars recipe couldn't be easier to follow and is made with no eggs, no milk and no butter. What's more, if you use gluten-free oats, it's also gluten-free. So kid-friendly, you better make a double batch!

Prep Time10

Cook Time35

Total Time45

Course: Breakfast, Snack

Cuisine: All

Diet: Low Calorie, Vegan, Vegetarian

Servings: squares

Calories: 216kcal

Author: Deborah

Ingredients

2 ripe bananas mashed
1 ½ cup oats
¼ cup organic sugar
2 tablespoon maple syrup
½ cup almond butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ cup coconut oil
¼ cup oatmilk or other plant milk
1 ¼ cup all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon sea salt
¾ cup dairy-free chocolate chips
½ cup walnuts chopped

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Instructions

In a mixing bowl, mash up two ripe bananas with a fork.
Add in sugar and whisk together.
Add almost all wet ingredients, including maple syrup, vanilla extract, almond butter and coconut oil and whisk until well-combined. Don’t add the oatmilk yet! The batter will be lumpy, but that’s normal.
Into the bowl, add the dry ingredients, including flour, baking powder and sea salt and whisk some more.
Add oatmilk and gently fold into the thick batter using a rubber spatula for best results. Alternatively you can use a large spoon.
Once combined, fold in the oats. You should end up with a thick, banana bread-like mixture.
Set aside a few chocolate chips and walnut to sprinkle on dough before baking. Add the remaining walnuts and chocolate chips to the batter and fold gently.
Pour batter into baking dish and spread evenly, then top with extra walnuts and chocolate chips.
Bake a 350F/177C for 35 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool at room temperature for 10 minutes.
Remove bars from pan with the parchment paper and set on a cooling rack until completely cooled.
Once cool, cut bars into squares and enjoy! You should get 16 small bars.

Notes

Nutrition information is an estimate, only.
Be sure to allow the bars to cool for at least 10 minutes before slicing them into squares.
For optimal results, be sure to use overripe bananas. This enhances the sweet flavor of these baked oatmeal bars and binds them together, which helps to prevent crumbling after baking.
When lining you baking dish with parchment paper, allow a couple inches to hang over the edges of the dish. This makes it easier to remove the bars from the baking dish once they finish baking.

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